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aeja-topic-selection

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Use when deciding whether an applied-micro project belongs at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (AEJ: Applied) rather than AER, AEJ: Economic Policy, or a field journal, and what its central question should be. Sets venue fit and question scope; it does not design the identification (see aeja-identification).

When to use

• deciding venue fit for applied-micro projects
• determining if a project is AEJ: Applied-shaped
• placing a question between AER, AEJ: Policy, or field journals
• sharpening the central research question
• identifying cross-field appeal
• drafting JEL codes

When not to use

• designing the identification strategy
• creating new estimators
• pure policy-ROI framing
• field-internal contributions
• agenda-setting papers for AER

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