red-topic-selection
Use when testing whether a research question fits the Review of Economic Dynamics (RED) — a journal whose scope is defined by method and lens (dynamic, quantitative economics) rather than subfield. Helps decide if the paper studies a genuinely dynamic mechanism through a dynamic model, and whether it belongs at RED versus a generalist or a specialist outlet.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill red-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 for RED (red-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - Deciding whether a paper is "a RED paper" before investing in it - A dynamic-macro idea that could also go to a general-interest or a field journal - Worried the question is too static, too purely empirical, or too applied-micro for RED's lens ## What RED actually wants RED publishes meritorious original contributions to **dynamic economics**, and its scope is set by **method/lens, not subfield**. In-scope work studies a mechanism through a **dynamic model** — and that model may be **theoretical, computational, or empirical**: - Dynamic general-equilibrium (DSGE) and heterogeneous-agent models - Growth, business cycles, and economic fluctuations - Labor dynamics, search/matching, human capital over the life cycle - Monetary and fiscal policy in dynamic environments - International macro and open-economy dynamics - Any area of economics where the dynamics are the point and a dynamic model carries the argument Crucially, **heavily computational quantitative work is squarely in scope** — RED is one of the natural homes for simulation-intensive macro. The SED community (the people behind the SED Annual Meetings) is th
- When to trigger
- What RED actually wants
- Quick fit test
- Wrong-venue redirects
- Dynamic-mechanism test
- Fit-scoring pass
- Scoring vignette: a household-finance idea
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the red-topic-selection skill do?
Use when testing whether a research question fits the Review of Economic Dynamics (RED) — a journal whose scope is defined by method and lens (dynamic, quantitative economics) rather than subfield. Helps decide if the paper studies a genuinely dynamic mechanism through a dynamic model, and whether it belongs at RED versus a generalist or a specialist outlet.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill red-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.