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jel-literature-synthesis
Use when systematically gathering, reading, and synthesizing a large body of economic research for a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage discipline and avoiding citation gaps. Builds the evidence corpus and synthesis notes; it does not impose the analytical spine (jel-organizing-framework) or write prose.
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# Literature Synthesis (jel-literature-synthesis)
## When to trigger
- The proposal was encouraged and it is time to read the field thoroughly
- Reading feels unsystematic; you fear missing important contributions
- You have many papers but no way to weigh, compare, or reconcile their findings
- A referee at JEL is likely to ask "why did you omit X / the Y literature?"
## Coverage discipline: read the field, not a convenience sample
A JEL survey's credibility rests on the reader's belief that you read **everything that matters**. Build coverage systematically rather than from memory:
1. **Seed set.** Start from the proposal's key references and the field's canonical pieces.