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aeri-literature-positioning

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Use when positioning the contribution of an American Economic Review: Insights (AER: Insights) short-format manuscript against the closest published work in one or two tight paragraphs. Stakes the gap concisely; it does not write the full literature review (there is no room for one).

When to use

• Positioning contribution against closest published work
• Staking the gap concisely in one or two paragraphs
• Naming the single closest prior result
• Stating the delta as a single clause
• Defending novelty without inflation
• Calibrating marginal contribution

When not to use

• Writing the full literature review
• Mapping the whole field
• Creating a standalone Related Literature section
• Citing a field instead of specific papers
• Overclaiming novelty
• Spending words on tangential strands

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