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expecon-writing-style
Use when the prose of an Experimental Economics (ExpEcon) manuscript buries the design or the result, or when the intro/abstract do not land for an experimentalist reader. Polishes structure and voice; it does not change the analysis.
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# Writing Style (expecon-writing-style)
## When to trigger
- The abstract names a topic but never states the treatment contrast or the headline effect
- A reader reaches the results before understanding *what subjects actually did*
- The design is described as scattered implementation notes instead of a clean procedure section
- The intro reads like a JEBO behavioral essay or a GEB theory paper rather than an experimental-methods paper
## Structure: the design is the narrative
ExpEcon papers have a near-canonical, **design-forward** shape. Honor it; referees read for it.
1. **Abstract (the contract).** Within a few sentences: the question, the **treatment contrast**, the **incentivized design** in one clause, the **headline effect with a number and direction**, and the takeaway. "We run a lab experiment in which [contrast]; [outcome] is X% higher under [T] (p=…); this adjudicates between [model A] and [model B]."