eer-writing-style
Use when revising prose for a European Economic Review (EER) manuscript — the abstract, introduction arc, research highlights, and Elsevier house conventions. Makes the general-interest idea land; it does not establish identification, theory, or exhibits.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill eer-writing-style --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.
# Writing Style (eer-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The introduction buries the question under data or machinery - The abstract is a method recital, not a result a generalist can grasp - Research highlights, keywords, or JEL codes are missing or weak - The prose reads as field-internal and loses the general-interest reader ## The EER writing bar EER is **general-interest**, so the writing must make a **non-specialist economist** see the question, the answer, and why it matters — fast — while satisfying specialists on rigor. Elsevier economics house elements: a **structured/concise abstract**, **research highlights** (a few bullet points capturing the core findings), **JEL codes** and **keywords**, a **declaration of interest**, and SEs reported in the text rather than significance-star prose. The introduction must execute a clear arc and the **headline result with its uncertainty** should appear early. ## The EER introduction arc 1. **Question** — a first-order economic question a generalist cares about (one sentence). 2. **Why it is hard / open** — the obstacle (identification, theory gap, measurement). 3. **Approach** — data + design or model, in plain terms. 4. **Headline r
- When to trigger
- The EER writing bar
- The EER introduction arc
- House elements
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Worked vignette (illustrative)
- Output format
What does the eer-writing-style skill do?
Use when revising prose for a European Economic Review (EER) manuscript — the abstract, introduction arc, research highlights, and Elsevier house conventions. Makes the general-interest idea land; it does not establish identification, theory, or exhibits.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill eer-writing-style --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 909 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.