jf-rebuttal
Use when drafting the response to a The Journal of Finance (JF) revise-and-resubmit (or addressing a reject-with-comments). Structures the response letter and revision plan after the manuscript is revised.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jf-rebuttal --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.
# Rebuttal & Response Letter (jf-rebuttal) ## When to trigger - A JF **revise-and-resubmit (R&R)** has arrived and you must respond - You are deciding whether/how to answer a reject-with-encouragement - The revision is drafted and you need to map every editor/referee point to a change ## A JF R&R is rare — treat it accordingly With **~5% acceptance** and **~33–45% desk rejection** (afajof.org editor reports, accessed 2026-05-30), an R&R from JF is precious. The path to acceptance runs through the **handling editor** (currently the team led by **Antoinette Schoar (MIT)** — verify the masthead): the **editor's letter, not any single referee, defines what acceptance requires**. Address the editor's framing first and most fully. ## Structure - **To the editor**: summarize the main changes and how you met the editor's synthesis of the decision. - **Per-referee, per-point**: restate each point, then state exactly what changed and **where** (section/table/Internet Appendix), quoting revised text where useful. - **Disagreements**: handle respectfully with evidence; never ignore a point — explain if you chose not to change something. ## JF-specific moves - Route substantial new robustness t
- When to trigger
- A JF R&R is rare — treat it accordingly
- Structure
- JF-specific moves
- Triaging the decision letter
- Worked vignette — answering an R&R on a DID paper
- Referee-pushback patterns and the JF-specific fix
- Calibration anchors
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jf-rebuttal skill do?
Use when drafting the response to a The Journal of Finance (JF) revise-and-resubmit (or addressing a reject-with-comments). Structures the response letter and revision plan after the manuscript is revised.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jf-rebuttal --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.