jme-topic-selection
Use when assessing whether a research question fits the Journal of Monetary Economics (JME) — monetary theory and policy, central banking, business cycles, growth, financial intermediation, fiscal interactions, and expectations — before investing in a model or estimation. Checks scope fit and the policy/conceptual payoff bar.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jme-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.
# Topic Selection & Scope Fit (jme-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - You have a macro idea but are unsure it is "monetary enough" for JME - The question is technically interesting but its macro or policy payoff is unclear - You are choosing between a generalist top journal and a field outlet - You want to target the Carnegie-Rochester-NYU policy issue or the Gerzensee macro-policy issue ## The JME scope JME publishes **monetary economics and macroeconomics broadly defined**: monetary theory and policy, central banking, business cycles, growth, financial markets and intermediation, fiscal–monetary interactions, expectations, and the macroeconomic effects of money and finance. It welcomes **both theoretical and empirical work**, including DSGE / quantitative macro and applied policy analysis. A good JME paper is not a narrow micro-empirical estimate dressed in macro language; it speaks to how money, finance, and policy shape aggregate outcomes. Two scope tells make JME distinctive. First, **one issue each year is devoted to the Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference Series on Public Policy** — a defining feature signaling JME's appetite for serious monetary/fiscal policy questions — a
- When to trigger
- The JME scope
- Fit checklist
- Worked fit calls
- Off-fit signals (redirect)
- Fit pass for Journal of Monetary Economics
- Output format
What does the jme-topic-selection skill do?
Use when assessing whether a research question fits the Journal of Monetary Economics (JME) — monetary theory and policy, central banking, business cycles, growth, financial intermediation, fiscal interactions, and expectations — before investing in a model or estimation. Checks scope fit and the policy/conceptual payoff bar.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jme-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.