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aejmac-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a macro paper fits the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (AEJ: Macro) rather than AER, J. Monetary Economics, RED, or AEJ: Applied. Tests the broad-interest macro bar and venue fit; it does not write the paper or fix identification.
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# Topic Selection & Venue Fit (aejmac-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- You have a macro result but are unsure it is "AEJ: Macro-shaped" vs. a field outlet
- The question feels technically interesting but narrow to specialists
- You are choosing between AEJ: Macro, AER, JME, RED, and AEJ: Applied
- A coauthor wants to lead with a method (a new DSGE block, a new estimator) rather than a macro question
## The AEJ: Macro fit bar
AEJ: Macro is the AEA's **quarterly, broad-interest macro** journal (founded 2009; one of four AEJs). The fit test has three legs:
1. **Substantive macro question of broad interest.** Growth, business cycles, monetary/fiscal policy, labor-macro, international macro, or macro-finance — framed so a general macroeconomist (not only your subfield) cares about the answer. AEJ: Macro editorial decisions explicitly weigh *breadth of topic and interest to the AEJ: Macro audience* (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).