jebo-theory-model
Use when a Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (JEBO) manuscript needs a behavioral or bounded-rationality model to organize, predict, or interpret its evidence. Right-sizes theory in a pluralist journal — from a sharp testable prediction to a standalone behavioral model or agent-based simulation; it does not design the identification or build the package.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jebo-theory-model --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.
# Behavioral Theory & Model (jebo-theory-model) ## When to trigger - A referee asks "what model rationalizes this behavior / what is the mechanism?" - The treatment effect is credible but its behavioral *meaning* is ambiguous - You have a behavioral model but it generates no prediction the experiment could falsify - You are building an agent-based or evolutionary model and must justify its discipline - You are tempted to lead with a heavy structural model and need to right-size it for JEBO ## The JEBO theory dial JEBO is pluralist: theory can be the **lead** (a behavioral/bounded-rationality model is itself the contribution) or the **support** (a model that yields the prediction an experiment tests, or interprets a reduced-form estimate). What JEBO does not reward is theory that adds notation without a **testable behavioral prediction** or a sharper interpretation. Pick the lightest tool that does the job — and whatever the weight, the model's *behavioral primitives* (preferences, beliefs, heuristics, learning rules) must be explicit and defensible, not assumed for convenience. | Theory's job | Right amount of model | Where it goes | |--------------|-----------------------|--------
- When to trigger
- The JEBO theory dial
- Making the prediction sharp (the usual JEBO sweet spot)
- Behavioral primitives, not free parameters
- Agent-based / evolutionary discipline
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Worked vignette (illustrative)
- Output format
What does the jebo-theory-model skill do?
Use when a Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (JEBO) manuscript needs a behavioral or bounded-rationality model to organize, predict, or interpret its evidence. Right-sizes theory in a pluralist journal — from a sharp testable prediction to a standalone behavioral model or agent-based simulation; it does not design the identification or build the package.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jebo-theory-model --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.