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Use when first judging whether a project fits Quantitative Economics (QE) — a substantive economic question answered with serious quantitative methods (empirical, structural/computational, experimental, or simulation), sister to Econometrica and Theoretical Economics. Tests fit and sharpens the question; it does not design the estimation.

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# Topic Selection (qe-topic-selection)

## When to trigger

- You have data, a model, or an experiment but are unsure QE is the right home
- The project feels like "pure theory" or "pure method" and you suspect a sibling journal fits better
- The economic question behind the quantitative exercise is not yet sharp
- You are choosing between QE, Econometrica, and a top field journal

## The QE fit bar

QE is the Econometric Society's **general-interest, empirically and quantitatively oriented** journal. Its comparative advantage among the ES trio is explicit: **Econometrica** leans theoretical/methodological, **Theoretical Economics** is pure theory, and **QE** publishes papers that **develop or apply quantitative methods to substantive economic questions** — empirical, computational/structural, experimental, and simulation-based — with a strong premium on **documented data and reproducible code**. The fit test is two-pronged:

1. **Is there a first-order economic question?** A quantitative exercise with no economic payoff (an estimator with no application, a simulation with no question) drifts toward Econometrica or a methods outlet.
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