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Use when a Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) manuscript contains a theoretical or structural model whose assumptions, generality, or results need sharpening to the journal's general-interest bar. Disciplines the model and makes its results legible; it does not run empirics or polish prose.

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# Theory & Model Craft (jeea-theory-model)

## When to trigger

- A model's assumptions are convenient but their role in the result is opaque
- A referee says the main proposition is "a special case" or "not general enough"
- The model is technically correct but the economic intuition is buried
- A structural model needs its mapping to data and counterfactuals made disciplined

## The JEEA theory bar

JEEA publishes **micro and macro theory** alongside empirics at a **general-interest** standard, so a model must earn its place by delivering a **result a broad economist finds illuminating**, not by technical machinery alone. The bar is: assumptions are **disciplined and motivated**, the headline result is **sharp and general enough that it is not an artifact of a convenient functional form**, the **economic intuition is stated in words**, and (for structural work) the model **maps to data and delivers a counterfactual** the reduced form cannot. Theory at JEEA is judged less like a pure-theory field journal (generality for its own sake) and more like a general-interest outlet (a memorable, robust economic lesson).

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