joe-contribution-framing
Use when a Journal of Econometrics (JoE) manuscript has a correct result but fails to articulate why it matters to econometrics. Frames the methodological contribution as a general, reusable advance rather than a narrow technical fix.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill joe-contribution-framing --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.
# Contribution Framing (joe-contribution-framing) ## When to trigger - The paper proves something true but the "so what for econometrics?" is unstated - The abstract/intro describe *what you did* but not *what the field gains* - The method looks like a one-off fix rather than a reusable tool - A referee could say "correct, but why should anyone use this?" ## Why framing matters at JoE The *Journal of Econometrics* rewards **substantive methodological contributions** — advances that change how econometricians identify, estimate, test, decide, or predict. A technically correct result that is framed as a narrow patch reads as incremental; the same result framed as a **general principle with a class of applications** reads as a contribution. Editors screen first and send only suitable papers to referees, so the framing in the abstract and introduction is part of clearing that screen. The contribution must be legible to a methodologist who does not work on your exact model. ## Framing the contribution 1. **Name the general problem class.** Not "an estimator for model M," but "a way to do valid inference whenever [condition] holds" — then show M is a leading instance. 2. **State the adva
- When to trigger
- Why framing matters at JoE
- Framing the contribution
- Calibrating to the venue
- Anti-patterns
- Contribution pass for Journal of Econometrics
- Output format
What does the joe-contribution-framing skill do?
Use when a Journal of Econometrics (JoE) manuscript has a correct result but fails to articulate why it matters to econometrics. Frames the methodological contribution as a general, reusable advance rather than a narrow technical fix.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill joe-contribution-framing --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 984 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.