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aer-topic-selection

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Use when evaluating whether a research idea clears the AER top-5 bar, when routing between AER, AER:Insights, and the AEJ family, or when sharpening a fuzzy contribution sentence into one publishable claim. Apply before any writing begins.

When to use

• A new project just started and the contribution sentence cannot be written in one line
• The user is undecided between submitting to AER, AER: Insights, or an AEJ
• A prior submission was desk-rejected and the user wants to diagnose whether the topic itself was the problem
• The paper "feels solid" but no senior colleague has agreed to send it to AER

When not to use

• writing the manuscript
• drafting the introduction
• performing identification strategy analysis
• conducting literature search protocol

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