jme-identification-strategy
Use when the identification of a monetary or macro shock (or a structural mechanism) is the bottleneck for a Journal of Monetary Economics (JME) manuscript — high-frequency surprises, narrative shocks, proxy/SVAR, local projections, sign restrictions, and model-based identification. Stress-tests the design before exhibits are drafted.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jme-identification-strategy --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 (jme-identification-strategy) ## When to trigger - The "monetary shock" is a raw policy-rate change with no exogeneity argument - A SVAR uses a recursive ordering that referees will dispute - High-frequency surprises are not separated from the Fed "information effect" - A DSGE mechanism is asserted but not identified from the data/moments - You are unsure the design clears the JME bar for a credible macro claim ## The JME identification bar JME is **monetary economics and macroeconomics**, so "identification" means isolating an exogenous **shock** or pinning down a **structural mechanism**, not a micro treatment effect. With **single anonymized review** and **at least two specialist referees**, the identifying assumption must be legible and defended in the registers macroeconomists expect. The credibility ladder the field implicitly applies (strong → weaker): 1. **High-frequency identification** — monetary surprises in a narrow window around FOMC announcements, with the **pure policy shock separated from the information/forward-guidance component** (Nakamura–Steinsson, Miranda-Agrippino–Ricco, Jarociński–Karadi-style decompositions). 2. **Narrative shocks*
- When to trigger
- The JME identification bar
- Branch paths
- Branch A: High-frequency / narrative monetary shocks
- Branch B: SVAR / proxy-SVAR
- Branch C: Local projections (Jordà)
- Branch D: DSGE / quantitative mechanism
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Checklist
- Output format
What does the jme-identification-strategy skill do?
Use when the identification of a monetary or macro shock (or a structural mechanism) is the bottleneck for a Journal of Monetary Economics (JME) manuscript — high-frequency surprises, narrative shocks, proxy/SVAR, local projections, sign restrictions, and model-based identification. Stress-tests the design before exhibits are drafted.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jme-identification-strategy --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.