jet-topic-selection
Use when testing whether a project clears the Journal of Economic Theory (JET) scope gate — a rigorous, original theoretical contribution in a core theory area, with empirical/computational work only when firmly grounded in theory.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jet-topic-selection --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.
# Topic Selection (jet-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - Deciding whether a result belongs at JET versus a field or empirical journal - You have data, an experiment, or a computation and want to know if it can go to JET - Choosing which of several results to lead with ## The JET scope gate JET publishes across **mechanism design, information economics, decision theory, game theory, matching, market design, political economy, and finance / macroeconomic / monetary theory** — broad **general theory** in one venue, not a subfield niche. The single deciding criterion is a **rigorous, original theoretical contribution**. Ask three questions: 1. **Is the core deliverable a theorem (or a genuinely new model/characterization)?** If the headline is a regression coefficient or a calibration with no new theoretical result, JET is off-fit — regardless of how clean the empirics are. 2. **Is it original and non-trivial?** A restatement of a known result, or a special case of an existing theorem, will not clear the desk screen (see jet-review-process). 3. **If there is empirical / experimental / quantitative / computational content, is it *firmly grounded in theory*?** JET admits such work **
- When to trigger
- The JET scope gate
- Decision rule
- Deliverable-type scope table
- Vignette: a matching project at the gate
- Lead-result selection when you have several
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jet-topic-selection skill do?
Use when testing whether a project clears the Journal of Economic Theory (JET) scope gate — a rigorous, original theoretical contribution in a core theory area, with empirical/computational work only when firmly grounded in theory.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jet-topic-selection --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.