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aeja-theory-model

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Use when an American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (AEJ: Applied) manuscript needs a model to interpret, discipline, or structure its empirical estimates — not to lead the paper. Calibrates how much theory belongs in an empirical-first journal and where it goes; it does not design the identification (aeja-identification) or build a standalone structural estimation.

When to use

• Interpret empirical estimates
• Discipline empirical estimates
• Structure empirical estimates
• Name the mechanism
• Map reduced-form coefficient to structural parameter
• Deliver welfare or counterfactual number
• Discipline heterogeneity or sign predictions
• Right-size theory for AEJ: Applied

When not to use

• Design the identification
• Build a standalone structural estimation
• Lead the paper with a full structural model

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