joe-literature-positioning
Use when the contribution of a Journal of Econometrics (JoE) manuscript relative to the econometrics literature is fuzzy or undersold. Locates the paper precisely against the nearest estimators, tests, and asymptotic results so referees see the methodological delta.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill joe-literature-positioning --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.
# Literature Positioning (joe-literature-positioning) ## When to trigger - A referee could ask "how is this different from [known estimator/test]?" and you lack a crisp answer - The related-work section lists papers but never states the precise gap - You cannot name the single closest prior method and the exact dimension on which you improve - Reviewers might think the result is a special case of something already published ## Why positioning is decisive at JoE The *Journal of Econometrics* judges a paper first on its **methodological novelty and rigor**. Editors screen submissions before sending suitable papers to a **minimum of two independent referees** (single-anonymized review), and these referees are typically specialists who know the nearest competing methods cold. A manuscript that does not locate itself precisely against the frontier reads as either redundant or unaware — both are desk- or referee-level rejections. Positioning is not a literature dump; it is an argument that a specific gap exists and that you close it. ## Positioning moves specific to econometric methodology State the contribution along the axes referees actually use: 1. **Assumptions** — do you achieve th
- When to trigger
- Why positioning is decisive at JoE
- Positioning moves specific to econometric methodology
- Building the positioning
- Anti-patterns
- Positioning pass for Journal of Econometrics
- Output format
What does the joe-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when the contribution of a Journal of Econometrics (JoE) manuscript relative to the econometrics literature is fuzzy or undersold. Locates the paper precisely against the nearest estimators, tests, and asymptotic results so referees see the methodological delta.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill joe-literature-positioning --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.