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ecta-topic-selection
Use when judging whether a result is general, deep, and method-driven enough to belong in Econometrica, and when sharpening the contribution statement. Diagnoses fit and frames the contribution — it does not write proofs (use ecta-theory-model) or position against the literature (use ecta-literature-positioning).
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# Topic Selection and Contribution Fit (ecta-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- You have a model, an estimator, or a theorem but are unsure it clears the Econometrica bar
- The contribution reads like an application of a known method rather than a new method
- The result "works only for this example" and you suspect it needs more generality
- You cannot state the contribution in one sentence as a theorem or an estimator-plus-asymptotics
## What Econometrica rewards
Econometrica (Econometric Society / Wiley; founded 1933) is the field's flagship for
**econometric methods and rigorous economic theory**, not applied "top-5" causal-inference
papers. Its charter is the *unification of the theoretical-quantitative and the