Jeg Rebuttal

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name: jeg-rebuttal
description: Use after a Journal of Economic Growth revise-and-resubmit to organize responses about growth mechanisms, model assumptions, empirical identification, calibration sensitivity, data availability, and Springer revision files.
---

# R&R Rebuttal (jeg-rebuttal)

## When to trigger

- A JEG revision decision has arrived
- Referees request stronger growth framing, theory, empirics, or calibration
- You need a response letter and aligned manuscript changes

## Triage

1. **Fit and contribution**: growth mechanism not clear enough.
2. **Theory**: assumptions, equilibrium, dynamics, comparative statics, or proofs.
3. **Empirics**: identification, sample, robustness, historical measurement, or
   external validity.
4. **Calibration/simulation**: parameter sources, targeted moments, sensitivity,
   transition paths.
5. **Policy and files**: data availability, declarations, source files.

## Response strategy

- Lead with the editor's synthesis and the highest-value changes.
- Add quantitative sensitivity where a calibration concern is central.
- Add comparative estimates where empirical growth literature raises conflicting
  results.
- Narrow claims when model or data scope is local.
- Update source files and declarations alongside the manuscript.

## Output format

```text
[Decision] major / minor
[Main growth concern] ...
[New analyses/proofs] ...
[Sensitivity/robustness] ...
[Manuscript locations] ...
[Next step] resubmit through Springer portal
```