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qe-topic-selection

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Use when first judging whether a project fits Quantitative Economics (QE) — a substantive economic question answered with serious quantitative methods (empirical, structural/computational, experimental, or simulation), sister to Econometrica and Theoretical Economics. Tests fit and sharpens the question; it does not design the estimation.

When to use

• judging if a project fits QE
• testing fit for substantive economic questions
• sharpening the economic question
• choosing between QE, Econometrica, and field journals
• routing projects across the Econometric Society trio
• evaluating structural, empirical, experimental, or simulation papers

When not to use

• designing the estimation
• pure theory without quantification
• method-first contributions where the estimator is the point
• descriptive notes without quantitative content
• questions confined to one narrow subfield

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