Jape Writing Style

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name: jape-writing-style
description: Use when drafting or polishing prose for a Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE) manuscript to its house conventions — a 100-word citation-free summary, up to six keywords, sectioned structure, a conflict-of-interest statement, acknowledgments that do not thank reviewers, and citation-style-agnostic Free Format references.
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# Writing Style for JAE (jape-writing-style)

## When to trigger

- Writing the summary (abstract), keywords, and front matter for a JAE paper
- Checking the manuscript against JAE's specific formatting conventions
- Resolving how to handle references when no house style is mandated

## JAE's specific style rules

- **Summary (abstract): no more than 100 words.** It must be understandable without reference to the rest of the paper and **contain no citations** — state the finding plainly and cut every reference.
- **Up to six keywords.** **Title without abbreviations.**
- **Numbered sections/subsections.**
- **Conflict-of-interest statement required.**
- **Acknowledgments must not thank the anonymous reviewers** (review is single-blind).
- **References: any consistent style.** JAE accepts references "in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript," reinforced by **Free Format** first submission — pick one style, apply it uniformly, and do not stall on a template.

## Prose register for applied econometrics

Write so results are **transparent and replicable**: state the estimand, estimator, inference, and data plainly; report numbers with their standard errors; explain a method only as far as applied readers need to trust and use it; avoid over-claiming beyond what the design supports. Do not turn the introduction into a theory survey. Push extended derivations and robustness into the unlimited online appendix, keeping the 35-page main text tight. Mark any fact drawn from bot-blocked Wiley pages as needing live verification.

## Output format

```
【Summary】≤100 words, no citations, self-contained? [Y/N]
【Keywords】≤6? title free of abbreviations? [Y/N]
【Structure】numbered sections/subsections? [Y/N]
【Declarations】COI present; reviewers not thanked? [Y/N]
【Refs】one consistent style? [Y/N]
```

## Supplementary resources

- [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — summary cap, keywords, COI, reference-style sources