jmcb-identification
Use when the identification argument is the bottleneck for a Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (JMCB) manuscript — macro shock identification (SVAR, narrative, sign/high-frequency monetary surprises), parameter identification in a monetary/banking model, or a micro-banking causal design. Stress-tests the data-to-object mapping to the JMCB bar before exhibits are finalized.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jmcb-identification --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.
# Identification Strategy (jmcb-identification) ## When to trigger - A monetary-policy "shock" is just a residual from a regression, with no defense against the information effect - An SVAR's ordering / sign restrictions are unstated or unmotivated by theory - A bank/loan-level causal claim rests on OLS + controls, or TWFE on staggered regulation - A banking-model parameter is "calibrated" with no statement of what in the data pins it - You are unsure the identification clears JMCB's policy-relevant, mechanism-explicit bar ## The JMCB identification bar JMCB referees are monetary/banking economists who judge identification by **whether the data-to-object mapping is explicit, theory-disciplined, and robust to the field's known critiques**. Because the journal spans macro and micro, "identification" means different things by engine — pick the engine and make the argument transparent, with timing and institutions on the page. The dominant failure mode JMCB punishes is a "shock" or "treatment" that is not exogenous to the thing it is supposed to move. ## Branch paths ### Branch A: Macro shock identification (SVAR / narrative / external instruments) - **High-frequency monetary surprises
- When to trigger
- The JMCB identification bar
- Branch paths
- Branch A: Macro shock identification (SVAR / narrative / external instruments)
- Branch B: Structural monetary / banking model identification
- Branch C: Micro-banking causal design (bank / loan / firm panel)
- Referee pushback mapped to the identification fix
- Matching identification to the JMCB policy use
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- A note on local projections vs. VARs
- Worked vignette (illustrative)
- State what you do NOT identify
What does the jmcb-identification skill do?
Use when the identification argument is the bottleneck for a Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (JMCB) manuscript — macro shock identification (SVAR, narrative, sign/high-frequency monetary surprises), parameter identification in a monetary/banking model, or a micro-banking causal design. Stress-tests the data-to-object mapping to the JMCB bar before exhibits are finalized.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jmcb-identification --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.