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Use when drafting or polishing the prose of a Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) manuscript — a clear policy implication stated without overclaiming, legible to economists, political scientists, public-management scholars, and practitioners. Improves clarity and calibration; it does not change the analysis.

When to use

• Drafting the abstract, introduction, or policy-implications section
• Calibrating the strength of policy recommendations to evidence
• Tightening jargon for a cross-disciplinary audience
• Addressing reviewer feedback on overclaiming or legibility
• Stating policy implications bounded by design

When not to use

• Changing the analysis
• Policy advocacy beyond the evidence
• Method-only abstracts without policy takeaways

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