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jet-topic-selection

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Use when testing whether a project clears the Journal of Economic Theory (JET) scope gate — a rigorous, original theoretical contribution in a core theory area, with empirical/computational work only when firmly grounded in theory.

When to use

• Deciding whether a result belongs at JET versus a field or empirical journal
• Evaluating if data, experiments, or computations can go to JET
• Choosing which of several results to lead with
• Testing if a project is a rigorous, original theoretical contribution
• Determining if empirical content is firmly grounded in theory

When not to use

• Structural estimation or calibration exercises
• Stand-alone empirical papers
• Computational exercises with no characterization result
• Marginal generalizations of published theorems
• Applied-micro or finance papers with a token model bolted on

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