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eer-identification
Use when the empirical causal-identification argument is the bottleneck for a European Economic Review (EER) manuscript — DiD/event-study, IV, RDD, or experiment. Stress-tests the design to EER's general-interest credibility bar before exhibits are finalized; it does not build the theory model or the robustness battery.
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# Identification Strategy (eer-identification)
## When to trigger
- A causal claim rests on OLS + controls, or TWFE on staggered timing
- An IV's exclusion restriction or first-stage strength is contested
- An RDD's continuity/manipulation assumptions are unexamined
- An experiment's estimand, balance, or pre-registration is unclear
- You are unsure the design clears EER's credibility bar for a general-interest readership
## The EER identification bar
EER publishes broadly across empirical economics, so identification is judged on **credibility legible to a general reader**: the **mapping from variation in the data to the causal object** must be explicit, the key assumption stated, and the most obvious threat pre-empted. Because review is **single-anonymized**, the referee is often a methods expert in your exact design — modern, design-appropriate estimators and honest inference are expected. Report **standard errors and confidence intervals** (EER house style; do not lean on significance stars — see `eer-tables-figures`). Match the size of the causal claim to what the design supports.
