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restud-referee-strategy

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Use when anticipating the referee pool and their likely objections for a The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) manuscript, and when pre-empting those objections in the paper before submission. Maps reviewers and hardens the paper against them; does not write the rebuttal (that is restud-rebuttal).

When to use

• Anticipating referee pool
• Predicting likely objections
• Pre-empting objections in the paper
• Choosing suggested referees
• Choosing opposed referees
• Deciding which robustness checks to include up front
• Confronting design soft spots proactively
• Sequencing checks for the first round

When not to use

• Writing the rebuttal

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