Claude Skills by brycewang-stanford

Use when executing and reporting the analysis for a World Politics manuscript so it survives expert triple-blind review and the Dataverse replication requirement — honest uncertainty, robustness, and triangulation appropriate to comparative cross-national, qualitative, or formal-empirical work. Guides analysis norms; it does not fabricate results.

Use when positioning a World Politics manuscript against the comparative-politics and international-relations literatures so it reads as a contribution that travels across cases. World Politics expects engagement with both theoretical and substantive literatures; the move is to locate the paper in a live cross-case debate, not a single-country conversation. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.

Use when writing the response to a World Politics revise-and-resubmit. World Politics suggests author response memos not exceed about five pages single-spaced, and revised articles may exceed the word limit only when growth results from responding to reviewers; the response must convert each anonymous reviewer while keeping the editors confident. Structures the response; it does not fabricate new results.

Use when defending the research design of a World Politics manuscript — comparative-historical and case selection, quantitative cross-national identification, qualitative process tracing, experiments, or formal-empirical linkage for cross-case questions. World Politics expects explicit research design and appropriate methods, judged on each tradition's own terms. Strengthens the design; it does not write code.

Use to understand how World Politics evaluates a manuscript — triple-blind review with author anonymity preserved through the editorial decision, at least two non-Princeton reviewers and often an editor, a roughly four-month decision target, scope screening, and the APSA human-subjects requirement. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact editors.

Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for World Politics via ScholarOne — article-type selection, triple-blind anonymization, the 12,500-word limit (including notes and references), the 150-word abstract, double-spacing, the 15-page online-supplement cap, house-style formatting, the APSA human-subjects affirmation, and prior-publication rules. Final checks; it does not draft content.

Use when building tables and figures for a World Politics manuscript so exhibits are self-contained, accessible, and placed correctly relative to the word limit. At World Politics tables, figures, and appendixes are excluded from the 12,500-word count, but online supplementary material is capped at fifteen pages, so exhibits must still earn their place. Designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.

Use when building the theoretical argument of a World Politics manuscript so it travels across cases. World Politics rewards arguments that significantly advance theoretical debates in comparative politics and international relations, with explicit mechanisms and scope conditions that generalize beyond one case. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.

Use when deciding whether a project fits World Politics and whether it should be a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the test is a substantive question that travels across cases or systems — not subfield novelty, and not a single-case description. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.

Use when preparing replication / transparency materials for a World Politics manuscript. World Politics requires authors who rely on quantitative data to deposit replication materials in the World Politics Dataverse after acceptance and before publication, with an explanatory file that lets others replicate the exact numerical results; embargoes up to two years may be approved by the editorial committee. Prepares the package; it does not waive requirements.

Use as the entry point for any World Politics manuscript. Routes to the right World Politics sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and whether you are writing a research article or a review article. World Politics is a comparative-politics + international-relations specialist, so the router's first job is to confirm the question travels across cases. It dispatches; it does not draft content.

Use when drafting or polishing a World Politics manuscript so it reads across cases, follows the World Politics house style, and fits the limits (≤ 12,500 words including notes and references; abstract ≤ 150 words; online supplement ≤ 15 pages). Manuscripts are double spaced with the word count indicated and anonymized for triple-blind review. Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.

Use when shaping prose, length, and formatting for a The Journal of Politics (JOP) manuscript. JOP counts pages, not words — Research Article <= 35 and Short Article <= 10, double-spaced 12-point, inclusive of notes, references, and exhibits — and follows the JOP Style Guide under double-blind review. Polishes and fits to length; it does not draft the substance.

Use when the contribution of a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) manuscript needs sharpening — what the paper teaches about the economic role of government, why it matters for policy, and how it advances public-finance theory or evidence. Frames the contribution; it does not survey the literature (use jpube-literature-positioning) or run analysis.

Use when handling the empirical analysis for a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) manuscript — administrative tax/transfer/health/register data, elasticity and bunching estimation, sufficient-statistics and MVPF calculations, heterogeneity, and robustness. Executes the analysis plan; for the causal design itself use jpube-identification-strategy.

Use when the causal identification strategy is the bottleneck for a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) manuscript — bunching at tax kinks/notches, regression kink (RKD), DID off reform rollout, IV from policy instruments, RDD at eligibility thresholds. Stress-tests the design against public-finance norms before tables are drafted.

Use when positioning a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) manuscript against the public-finance literature — locating the contribution relative to the tax, social-insurance, public-expenditure, and optimal-policy frontier without writing a standalone survey. Positions the paper; it does not frame the core contribution (use jpube-contribution-framing).

Use when a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) decision letter arrives (revision or reject) and a response strategy, response letter, or appeal decision is needed. Structures the revision and response for single-anonymized specialist review; it does not redo the analysis (route to the relevant jpube-* skill).

Use when assembling data and code for a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) manuscript under Elsevier's research-data framework — data-availability statements, repository options, restricted administrative data, and a reproducible package. Reflects what is verified and flags what is 待核实; it does not run the analysis.

Use to understand and plan around the Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) editorial process — single anonymized review with a minimum of two reviewers, the Editorial Manager workflow, the Friedman–Kopczuk editorial leadership, SSRN preprint option, and the one-appeal policy. Explains the process; for the final file check use jpube-submission.

Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) via Editorial Manager — the US$165 submission fee (US$82.50 student / waived on transfer), single-anonymized review, 250-word abstract, author-date references, editable source files, SSRN option, and AI disclosure. Final checks; it does not draft content.

Use when designing the exhibits for a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) manuscript — bunching density plots, event-study and RD/RKD graphs, incidence and distributional figures, and self-contained tables. Makes the public-finance design visible; it does not run the analysis (use jpube-data-analysis).

Use when assessing whether a research question fits the Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) — the economic role of government (taxation, public expenditure, social insurance, redistribution, externalities, public goods, fiscal policy) — and whether the policy stakes clear the bar for an international readership. Scopes the question; it does not run the analysis.

Use when deciding which jpube-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.

Use to polish prose for a Journal of Public Economics (JPubE) manuscript — a 250-word abstract stating purpose, results, and policy conclusion; an intro that lands the government-role question; author-date references; and clear translation of estimates into welfare terms. Late-stage polish; it does not change the analysis.

Use when the empirical core of a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript is an econometric model — time series, cointegration, mixed-frequency, VAR/SVAR, state-space, or panel / macro-econometrics. Enforces correct model setup, stationarity / unit-root and cointegration diagnostics, and lag/specification justification. Use when the method itself is the contribution rather than a causal identification claim.

Use to judge whether a manuscript fits 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) and to decide how to frame its contribution — measurement, forecasting, or method-application versus clean causal inference — before investing in revision. The most common save: stopping a strong measurement paper from being dressed up as a weak causal study, and routing genuinely clean-causal work elsewhere.

Use when a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript makes a forecasting or prediction claim — macro forecasting, business-cycle / sentiment indices, mixed-frequency nowcasting, or model-based prediction. Enforces genuine out-of-sample evaluation (RMSE / MAE / directional accuracy / Diebold-Mariano), a proper benchmark, and a recursive / rolling design. The fastest desk-reject here is reporting in-sample fit only.

Use when writing the policy / practice implications of a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript — translating measurement, forecasting, or decomposition results into concrete guidance for planning, forecasting, industrial, or technology decisions. JQTE expects a substantive policy section (≥ 1000 characters, except pure-method papers) grounded in the paper's own quantitative findings.

Use when a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript is built on an input-output table, a CGE model, or a structural decomposition (SDA). Enforces explicit data sources, parameter calibration, closure rules, scenario design, and end-to-end reproducibility. The standard reject here is a black-box model run whose setup cannot be reconstructed.

Use when building the literature review for a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript — organizing it around the method lineage (how a quantity has been measured / a series forecast / a structure decomposed) and the China-data application gap, rather than a chronological pile of recent empirical citations. Use after the topic and contribution type are set.

Use when the contribution of a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript is productivity / efficiency / index measurement — TFP, Malmquist, DEA, SFA, technical-progress decomposition, or index construction. Enforces transparent, reproducible construction plus sensitivity to method and parameter choices. This is the centerpiece skill for the journal's measurement track.

Use when responding to peer-review / R&R comments on a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript — structuring a point-by-point response letter that addresses the journal's characteristic concerns (method transparency, measurement / parameter sensitivity, out-of-sample evaluation, CGE/IO reproducibility, data caliber) and reframing weak-causal pushback toward the paper's real measurement contribution. Use only after the manuscript itself is revised.

Use to design and report robustness for a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript where the contribution is measurement, a model, or a forecast — focusing on sensitivity to method choice, parameter / specification, data caliber, and sample window, rather than the placebo / parallel-trends battery of a causal paper. Use after the main estimates exist.

Use for the pre-submission preflight to 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) — checking footnote conventions (脚式编排, renumbered per page), title/keyword/abstract format, the ≥1000-character policy section, reproducibility of the method section, the online submission system (jqte.net), and anonymity. Use right before submitting; verify every numeric rule against the journal's current 投稿须知.

Use when finalizing tables and figures for a 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) manuscript — making sure measurement / forecast / decomposition results carry quantitative interpretation (magnitudes, units, shares, rankings, trends) rather than only significance stars, and that every table/figure states its source and method. Use after estimates and sensitivity are settled.

Use to sharpen a topic for 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (JQTE) — turning a vague empirical idea into a measurement / forecasting / method-application question with a clear quantitative object, a method-side novelty, and value for China's planning or technology decisions. Use before drafting, when the contribution shape is still fuzzy.

Use when deciding which jqte-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from fit positioning through rebuttal for 《数量经济技术经济研究》 (The Journal of Quantitative & Technological Economics, JQTE). Routes — does not replace — the specialized skills, and cross-routes to other journals when the contribution is clean causal, industrial-policy, or pure modeling.

Use when choosing or defending the data behind a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) manuscript — customs micro data (firm-product-destination), cross-country panels, and GVC / input-output decomposition (KWW value-added, ADB / WIOD MRIO). Steers away from generic provincial panels toward internationally-credible sources.

Use to judge whether a manuscript's international / open-economy dimension genuinely holds up for 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy), or whether it is really a domestic paper that should be re-routed to 金融研究 / 中国工业经济 / 经济研究. Run this first, before drafting.

Use when a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) manuscript's heterogeneity is thin (e.g. only east/central/west) — slicing instead by internationally-meaningful margins: exposure intensity, firm trade type, destination / partner country, and trade margins. Use after the main effect and channel are established.

Use when the identification strategy is the bottleneck for a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) manuscript — external shocks (tariffs, trade agreements, exchange-rate reforms, FDI negative-list) as quasi-experiments, plus shift-share / Bartik and gravity designs. Stress-tests exogeneity and inference, including the modern shift-share critiques.

Use when a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) literature review cites only domestic empirics and fails to enter the international trade / international finance lineage. Ensures dialogue with the field's classics and frontier (gravity, heterogeneous firms, GVC, open-economy macro, capital flows), not a citation pile.

Use when writing the policy-implication section of a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) manuscript — pitching at the opening-up policy level (trade, exchange rate, capital account, industrial opening) rather than as a domestic operational to-do list. Use after results, channels, and heterogeneity are settled.

Use when responding to 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) referee reports (R&R) — structuring a point-by-point response letter that addresses the journal's characteristic challenges (open-economy fit, shift-share / gravity inference, transmission channel, GVC measurement). Use after the manuscript has actually been revised.

Use for the pre-submission preflight to 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) — checking footnote (页下注) conventions, reference list at the end, 内容提要 ≤ 300 chars + 3–5 keywords, bilingual title, blind-review anonymity, and the official online submission site (www.jweonline.cn). Use right before submitting; verify every rule against the journal's current 投稿须知.

Use when finalizing the main tables and figures of a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) manuscript — trimming over-wide regression tables, standardizing notes / clustering / significance, and presenting open-economy-specific objects (event-study plots, gravity tables, GVC decompositions). Use after results are settled.

Use to sharpen a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) topic into a causal question seen through an international / open-economy lens — turning a vague "global" angle into a well-posed open-economy treatment-effect or general-equilibrium question. Use after fit is confirmed, before the literature review.

Use when a 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy) manuscript stops at "it promoted exports" without showing how an external shock propagates — making the trade / investment / financial / expectation channel explicit and testable, not a hand-wavy mechanism paragraph.

Use when deciding which jwe-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from open-economy positioning through rebuttal for 《世界经济》 (The Journal of World Economy). Routes — does not replace — the specialized skills, and cross-refers to economic-research / china-economic-quarterly / journal-of-financial-research / china-industrial-economics when the paper is really domestic.