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qe-literature-positioning
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Use to stake a Quantitative Economics (QE) manuscript's contribution against the frontier — what quantitative gap it closes relative to prior empirical, structural, and methodological work, and against its Econometric Society siblings. Positions the paper; it does not write a standalone literature survey.
When to use
- Staking a QE manuscript's contribution against the frontier
- Identifying the quantitative gap closed relative to prior work
- Distinguishing the paper from Econometric Society siblings
- Positioning the paper without writing a standalone literature survey
- Naming load-bearing predecessors and the precise margin of departure
- Distinguishing the closest competing paper
- Identifying the empirical, structural, or methodological strand of the contribution
- Addressing referee pushback regarding novelty and journal fit
When not to use
- Writing a standalone literature survey
- Writing a literature-dump section that lists everything and positions nothing
- Positioning a method-first contribution as QE when Econometrica is the real home
- Citing only working papers when published or stable-archive versions exist
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