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aejpol-referee-strategy

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Use when anticipating how AEJ: Economic Policy referees and editors will read a manuscript, before submission or before an R&R, to pre-empt the objections that sink policy-evaluation papers. Maps likely pushback to fixes and calibrates expectations; it does not write the response letter (see aejpol-rebuttal) or fix the identification.

When to use

• Anticipating referee objections before submission
• Calibrating expectations for AEA single-blind process
• Triaging weaknesses to fix vs. disclose
• Mapping likely pushback to fixes
• Assessing readiness for submission

When not to use

• Writing the response letter
• Fixing the identification

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