jbes-writing-style
Use when polishing prose, theorem statements, the abstract, and the introduction for a Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) methods paper so the methodological contribution and its empirical relevance both land. Polishes exposition; it does not change theory or results.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jbes-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 (jbes-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The prose buries the method, or the theorem statements are hard to parse - The abstract leads with generic motivation instead of the methodological contribution - The introduction reaches the method only after pages of setup - Notation is overloaded and a reader cannot follow the conditions ## JBES house style: method-first, application-anchored JBES is read by both econometricians and applied economists/statisticians, so the writing must make a **methodological contribution legible** while keeping its **empirical relevance** front and center. Unlike a general-economics journal (which leads with a finding) or a pure-statistics journal (which can lead with a theorem in the abstract), a JBES paper should pair the two: state what is methodologically new **and** why it matters for a real application, early and plainly. Theorem statements should be precise and self-contained; the heavy proofs belong in an appendix. ## The introduction arc (JBES template) 1. **The problem** — the empirical/statistical problem that motivates the method, in plain terms. 2. **Why existing methods fall short** — the gap (assumptions, robustness, compu
- When to trigger
- JBES house style: method-first, application-anchored
- The introduction arc (JBES template)
- Abstract and exposition
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Worked vignette: repairing one opening
- Style pushback patterns (venue-specific fixes)
- Style execution pass for Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
- Output format
What does the jbes-writing-style skill do?
Use when polishing prose, theorem statements, the abstract, and the introduction for a Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) methods paper so the methodological contribution and its empirical relevance both land. Polishes exposition; it does not change theory or results.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jbes-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.