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jle-robustness

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Use when a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript's headline estimate must be shown to survive specification, sample, jurisdiction, and inference choices before submission or in an R&R. Builds the robustness suite a law-and-economics referee expects; it does not establish the primary identification (jle-identification) or format the exhibits (jle-tables-figures).

When to use

• showing headline estimate survives specification choices
• addressing referee questions on alternative controls or samples
• testing sensitivity to treatment dates and jurisdiction selection
• pre-empting specification-search concerns
• validating inference with few jurisdictions
• performing placebos on uncovered legal areas

When not to use

• establishing primary identification
• formatting exhibits
• re-arguing the rule's normative merits
• welfare and policy discussion

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