jbes-contribution-framing
Use when sharpening the core methodological contribution of a Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) paper into one legible claim that pairs novelty with empirical relevance. Frames the contribution; it does not develop the theory or run the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jbes-contribution-framing --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.
# Contribution Framing (jbes-contribution-framing) ## When to trigger - The paper has results but the "what is the contribution?" answer is muddy - Reviewers/co-authors disagree on whether the paper is a method paper, an application, or both - The introduction lists many small points instead of one organizing contribution - You need a one-sentence pitch the handling Co-Editor can grasp on a first read ## The JBES contribution shape: novelty × relevance A JBES contribution is not "we found an empirical result" and not "we proved a theorem." It is a **method-level claim with an empirical consequence**: *we develop/improve method M so that practitioners can now do D in setting S, which prior methods could not.* Because JBES sits between modern data science and classical econometrics, the framing must make the **methodological delta** explicit (what is new about M) **and** the **empirical relevance** explicit (why D in S matters). A contribution naming only one of these reads as off-scope for a methods-with-empirics journal. ## Framing protocol 1. **Write the one-sentence claim.** Template: "We propose [method], which [methodological advance — relaxes/extends/accelerates], enabling [em
- When to trigger
- The JBES contribution shape: novelty × relevance
- Framing protocol
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Worked vignette: framing a synthetic-control inference contribution
- Referee-pushback patterns on the contribution (venue-specific fixes)
- Output format
What does the jbes-contribution-framing skill do?
Use when sharpening the core methodological contribution of a Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) paper into one legible claim that pairs novelty with empirical relevance. Frames the contribution; it does not develop the theory or run the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jbes-contribution-framing --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.