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restud-topic-selection

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Use when evaluating whether a research idea clears the REStud top-5 bar, or when sharpening a fuzzy idea into one clean original contribution for a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript. Diagnoses fit and contribution; does not draft prose or design empirics.

When to use

• Evaluating if a research idea clears the REStud top-5 bar
• Sharpening a fuzzy idea into one clean original contribution
• Diagnosing prior desk rejections related to topic fit
• Assessing if a paper is REStud-level or field-journal level
• Compressing a contribution into a single sentence
• Auditing novelty against existing literature
• Checking if a contribution has general interest

When not to use

• Drafting prose
• Designing empirics

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