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Updated 10-15 20:08

About this skill

Economic Research Workflow (er-workflow)

Overview

This is a router; it does not replace any specialized Skill. It tells youwhich er-* skill should be used at the current stage。

Default assumption: unless the user explicitly states that the target journal is not 《经济研究》, handle it according to the editorial board tastes of the CSSCI 《经济研究》.

The tool is positioned as a **"generation + diagnosis" dual mode**: it can both diagnose the bottlenecks of the current manuscript and provide fill-in templates, and directly produce draft paragraphs such as introductions, mechanism sections, abstracts, and response letters for you to revise.

Trigger Timing

  • The user asks "What should I do next?"
  • The user throws over a draft and the current bottleneck needs to be identified
  • Switching back and forth among empirical work, writing, and responses, with a chaotic state
  • External review comments from 《经济研究》 have been received, and it is necessary to switch to rebuttal mode

Routing Table

Current Symptom Next Skill
Topic idea is vague, worried that the theoretical contribution is insufficient er-topic-selection
The introduction starts from a distant background / does not reveal the conclusion / writes the contribution as "enriching the research" er-introduction
The literature review lacks Chinese classics / lacks theoretical literature er-literature-review
Lacks theoretical analysis and hypothesis derivation / hypotheses have no direction and are not falsifiable er-theory-hypotheses
Data sources are vague / variable definitions use descriptions without formulas / sample screening is not transparent er-data-sample
Empirical work has only OLS / staggered DID uses only TWFE / weak instruments er-identification
Main results are available, but there is no mechanism analysis (or still running the three-step mediation method) er-mechanism
No heterogeneity cut / the cut dimensions have no theoretical guidance er-heterogeneity
Lacks robustness / conclusions flip when the measure or sample is changed er-robustness
Tables have too many columns / notes are nonstandard / tables are hand-copied er-tables-figures
There are no policy implications at the end, or they are written too "operationally" er-policy-implication
The abstract is written as boilerplate / the English summary does not fit the five elements / Chinese and English are not aligned er-abstract
Full of empty talk and boilerplate / policy recommendations are the four-piece set of "strengthen, improve, advance, promote" er-style
Before submission, want to go through high-frequency review challenges and plug loopholes er-reviewer-lens
Data and code are messy, cannot be reproduced with one click, and extended materials are not ready er-reproducibility
Preparing to submit, need a checklist er-submission
Received R&R, need to write a response letter er-rebuttal

Default Sequence

  1. er-topic-selection — First settle "theoretical contribution + China question"
  2. er-introduction — Build the introduction funnel framework (return to polish later)
  3. er-literature-review — Give equal weight to Chinese and English literature; theoretical literature must be cited
  4. er-theory-hypotheses — Theoretical analysis and testable hypotheses
  5. er-data-sample — Data description, variable definition table, descriptive statistics
  6. er-identification — Quasi-experimental identification (modern estimators)
  7. er-mechanism — Mechanism path (D→M + theoretical argument M→Y)
  8. er-heterogeneity — Heterogeneity cuts
  9. er-robustness — Robustness check system
  10. er-tables-figures — Finalize main tables / main figures (code export)
  11. er-policy-implication — Policy implications (significance level)
  12. er-abstract — Chinese abstract + English summary five elements (polish)
  13. er-style — Polish the language style of the full text
  14. er-reviewer-lens — Self-check for high-frequency challenges before submission
  15. er-reproducibility — Organize the one-click reproduction package and extended materials
  16. er-submission — preflight before submission
  17. er-rebuttal — after external review

er-introduction / er-abstract / er-style includinglater-stage polishNature: before the identification strategy is established, there is no need to repeatedly polish the wording.

Decision mnemonic

  • "I have data but no theoretical story" → er-topic-selection
  • "The first paragraph of the introduction is still writing 'With the development of...'" → er-introduction
  • "The literature review does not cite North / Acemoglu / Justin Yifu Lin" → er-literature-review
  • "There is a phenomenon but it is unclear why this effect exists (ex ante)" → er-theory-hypotheses
  • "The variable definition says 'reflects XX' instead of a formula" → er-data-sample
  • "The DID uses TWFE but does not address heterogeneous treatment bias" → er-identification
  • "I am still running the three-step mediation method / Sobel" → er-mechanism(already deprecated, switch to D→M)
  • "Heterogeneity only splits east, central, and west" → er-heterogeneity
  • "Reviewers will say 'if you change the measure, do the conclusions still hold?'" → er-robustness
  • "The main table has more than 8 columns / the table is hand-copied" → er-tables-figures
  • "I suggest the government pay attention to this issue" → er-policy-implication
  • "The abstract has no quantitative results / the English abstract is a sentence-by-sentence translation of the Chinese" → er-abstract
  • "'Of great significance' appears ≥ 3 times in the full text" → er-style
  • "I am submitting tomorrow, so let me do a self-check first" → er-reviewer-lens → er-submission
  • "Received 3 review comments" → er-rebuttal

Differences from the Management World Skills

If the manuscript leans toward management / cases / practice, use management-world-skills is more appropriate:

  • Economic Research Journal: theoretical contribution first, policy implications lean toward the level of significance
  • Management World: practical fit first, policy recommendations lean toward actionability

Anti-patterns

  • Do notskip er-theory-hypotheses / er-literature-review and go directly into identification — reviewers first look at the theoretical positioning
  • Do notlet er-tables-figures beautify the tables before the identification strategy is established
  • Do notlet er-rebuttal generate the response letter before you revise the main text
  • Do nottreat er-reviewer-lens as something to look at only after submission — it is a mirror before submission

Output format

【当前阶段判断】选题 / 写作 / 实证 / 打磨 / 投稿 / 外审回复
【主要瓶颈】（一句话）
【建议调用】er-XXX（理由一句话）
【后续两步】er-XXX → er-XXX