Red Writing Style

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name: red-writing-style
description: Use for Review of Economic Dynamics (RED) house style — the stand-alone abstract not exceeding 250 words, author-year (Harvard-style) references, 1 to 6 keywords, LaTeX via Elsevier's elsarticle class under "your paper your way", and the generative-AI declaration. Drafting conventions for a quantitative dynamic paper; it does not invent results.
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# Writing Style for RED (red-writing-style)

## When to trigger

- Drafting or tightening the abstract, introduction, and front matter for a RED submission
- Setting up references and keywords to RED specifications
- Formatting the manuscript for initial submission

## RED conventions (verified; re-confirm on the official Guide for Authors)

- **Abstract**: concise and factual, **not exceeding 250 words**, and **able to stand alone** —
  references inside the abstract are discouraged. Lead with the question, the model, and the headline
  quantitative result. *(Captured via search extraction; the Guide-for-Authors page 403'd a direct read — 待核实 wording.)*
- **References**: **author-year (Harvard-style)** citation system; reference list alphabetical and consistent.
- **Keywords**: **1 to 6** required.
- **Formatting**: Elsevier's general Guide for Authors applies; **LaTeX accepted via the `elsarticle`
  class**; initial submission is flexible ("your paper your way"), so you need not fully typeset to
  Elsevier style for the first round.
- **Generative AI**: any use of generative-AI tools must be **declared at submission**.
- **Length**: no explicit page/word cap was found in available sources — **待核实**; do not assert a number,
  but keep the paper as long as the contribution warrants and no longer.

## Style notes for dynamic papers

- Make the **mechanism legible before the math** — a reader should grasp the dynamic force from the intro.
- Define the model cleanly; relegate long derivations and proofs to an appendix.
- State magnitudes (the calibrated/estimated number that matters) early and precisely.

## Checklist

- [ ] Abstract ≤250 words, stand-alone, no internal references, headline result stated
- [ ] References clean author-year; list alphabetical and consistent
- [ ] 1–6 keywords supplied
- [ ] AI-use declaration prepared; LaTeX builds under elsarticle

## Anti-patterns

- A 250+-word abstract or one that cannot be read without the paper
- Mixed citation styles instead of clean author-year
- Asserting a manuscript length cap that is unverified

## Supplementary resources

- [`../../resources/official-source-map.md`](../../resources/official-source-map.md) — Guide-for-Authors facts and their 待核实 flags