jfqa-topic-selection
Use when judging whether a research question fits the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) — empirical and quantitative financial economics (corporate finance, investments, capital and security markets, financial institutions, finance-relevant quantitative methods). Use before investing in a JFQA submission to test scope fit and the quantitative-evidence bar.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jfqa-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.
# JFQA Topic Selection (jfqa-topic-selection) Use this skill to test whether a finance question belongs in the **Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA)** before you build the paper and pay the **$350** submission fee (only **$275** refundable if it is not sent to a reviewer). ## What JFQA publishes JFQA covers **theoretical and empirical** research in financial economics, with a quantitative core: - **Corporate finance** — capital structure, payout, governance, M&A, investment. - **Investments / asset pricing** — cross-section of returns, factors, anomalies, portfolio choice. - **Capital and security markets** — market microstructure, liquidity, price discovery. - **Financial institutions** — banks, intermediaries, regulation. - **Quantitative methods** relevant to finance. The name is load-bearing: the journal rewards **quantitative analysis** — disciplined data, models, and inference — over purely descriptive or institutional essays. ## Fit checklist - [ ] Question sits squarely in financial economics, not adjacent (pure macro, accounting-only, generic econometrics). - [ ] There is a **quantitative empirical or theoretical** answer — not just a narrative. - [ ] The
- What JFQA publishes
- Fit checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Fit-scoring rubric (score before you build)
- Two candidate questions scored (illustrative)
- Borderline calls from adjacent fields
- Portfolio thinking under the fee structure
- Output format
What does the jfqa-topic-selection skill do?
Use when judging whether a research question fits the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) — empirical and quantitative financial economics (corporate finance, investments, capital and security markets, financial institutions, finance-relevant quantitative methods). Use before investing in a JFQA submission to test scope fit and the quantitative-evidence bar.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jfqa-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 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.