Red Contribution Framing

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name: red-contribution-framing
description: Use to frame the marginal contribution of a Review of Economic Dynamics (RED) manuscript — stating the quantitative or dynamic advance in terms the SED readership values (a new mechanism, a new method, a new quantitative result, or model-disciplining evidence) and aligning the abstract and introduction around it.
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# Contribution Framing for RED (red-contribution-framing)

## When to trigger

- Distilling "what is new" before drafting the abstract and introduction
- A paper with several results but no clear single advance
- Translating a technical contribution into something the SED audience immediately grasps

## Framing a RED contribution

RED rewards a sharp, **dynamic/quantitative** contribution. Pick the dominant type and lead with it:

- **New mechanism** — a dynamic force (e.g., a feedback through expectations, distribution, or
  accumulation) that changes the model's predictions; show what turns it on and what it does to key moments.
- **New method** — a solution, estimation, or computational technique that makes a class of dynamic
  models tractable or more accurate; show the gain over the prior state of the art.
- **New quantitative result** — a calibrated/estimated model delivering a magnitude that matters for
  theory or policy; lead with the number and the moment it matches.
- **Model-disciplining evidence** — empirical dynamics that pin down or refute a model element.

State the contribution as a **delta against the closest existing model**, not as a description of the
paper. Make the abstract (≤250 words, stand-alone) carry the headline result and magnitude; the
introduction should make the mechanism legible before the math.

## Checklist

- [ ] One dominant contribution type is chosen and leads the abstract/intro
- [ ] The advance is stated as a quantitative/mechanistic delta with a magnitude where possible
- [ ] The contribution is framed for the SED/dynamic-economics readership
- [ ] No diffuse "we also do X, Y, Z" list crowding out the headline

## Anti-patterns

- Framing the paper as a tour of results rather than one clear advance
- Hiding the magnitude or the mechanism behind notation
- Claiming generality the model or evidence does not support

## Supplementary resources

- [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — abstract limit and scope sources