ectj-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a The Econometrics Journal (EctJ) paper against econometric theory, applied econometrics, statistics, and machine-learning literatures while keeping the leading-case contribution compact under the roughly 20-page RES format, including the frontier-versus-use citation split.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ectj-literature-positioning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# EctJ Literature Positioning Use this to make the novelty legible to econometricians and applied users. At EctJ, positioning is differentiation, not a survey: the journal rewards a leading-case, path-breaking contribution under a hard limit of about 20 pages including the printed appendix, so a sprawling related-work section is both off-fit and a budget leak. Place the paper at a precise seam in the methodological frontier and show that seam matters in applications. ## Positioning checks - Identify the closest econometric object: estimator, test, identifying restriction, asymptotic regime, design, inference problem, or computational procedure. - Separate the paper from exhaustive-method papers: EctJ can reward a sharp leading case, but the leading case must be economically useful. - Cite adjacent statistics or ML work when the method overlaps, but explain what the econometric setting adds. - Tie theory references to assumptions that the paper weakens, changes, or makes empirically usable. - Explain the empirical-application literature only enough to show applied value. ## Positioning compression Use a two-layer related-work structure: - **Frontier layer**: the two or three econome
- Positioning checks
- Positioning compression
- Citation placement rule
- Reading the EctJ frontier before claiming a seam
- Worked delta statement
- Output format
What does the ectj-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when positioning a The Econometrics Journal (EctJ) paper against econometric theory, applied econometrics, statistics, and machine-learning literatures while keeping the leading-case contribution compact under the roughly 20-page RES format, including the frontier-versus-use citation split.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ectj-literature-positioning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 984 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.