jfe-tables-figures
Use when the exhibits of a Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) manuscript need to meet house standards — readable tables, self-contained notes, and figures that carry the argument. Handles exhibit craft; it does not decide which robustness tests to run (jfe-robustness).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jfe-tables-figures --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.
# Tables & Figures (jfe-tables-figures) ## When to trigger - A main table has so many columns no reader can parse it - Table notes do not let a reader understand the table without the text - Standard errors / t-stats are reported inconsistently across tables - Figures are decorative rather than carrying part of the argument - You are deciding what stays in the main text vs. the Internet Appendix ## JFE exhibit standards JFE tables are dense but disciplined. Each main exhibit should make one clear point and be self-contained: a reader should grasp it from the title, column headers, and notes alone. Because JFE papers are long and robustness-heavy, ruthless triage between main-text and Internet-Appendix exhibits is part of the craft. The overflow goes to the online appendix that JFE asks you to **append to the end of the main manuscript file** (see jfe-internet-appendix). Manuscripts are submitted **double-spaced, 12-pt+, with >= 1-inch margins**, so dense tables must still read at that scale. Verify current formatting on jfinec.com. ## Table craft ### Structure - One exhibit, one message. If a table answers two questions, split it. - Order columns from baseline to richest specificat
- When to trigger
- JFE exhibit standards
- Table craft
- Structure
- Reporting conventions
- Notes
- Figure craft
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jfe-tables-figures skill do?
Use when the exhibits of a Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) manuscript need to meet house standards — readable tables, self-contained notes, and figures that carry the argument. Handles exhibit craft; it does not decide which robustness tests to run (jfe-robustness).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jfe-tables-figures --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.