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jet-topic-selection
Use when testing whether a project clears the Journal of Economic Theory (JET) scope gate — a rigorous, original theoretical contribution in a core theory area, with empirical/computational work only when firmly grounded in theory.
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# Topic Selection (jet-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- Deciding whether a result belongs at JET versus a field or empirical journal
- You have data, an experiment, or a computation and want to know if it can go to JET
- Choosing which of several results to lead with
## The JET scope gate
JET publishes across **mechanism design, information economics, decision theory, game theory,
matching, market design, political economy, and finance / macroeconomic / monetary theory** —
broad **general theory** in one venue, not a subfield niche. The single deciding criterion is a
**rigorous, original theoretical contribution**. Ask three questions: