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Use when writing the response to a Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions revise-and-resubmit. The response must convert each of the ≥ 2 referees and the editor, answering comparative-reviewer concerns (case selection, generalizability across countries, measurement of institutions, alternative institutional explanations) point by point. Structures the response letter; it does not fabricate new results.

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# R&R Rebuttal (govern-rebuttal)

A *Governance* **R&R** means at least two referees and the editor see a real comparative/institutional
contribution worth saving. It is an invitation, not an acceptance. The response letter must move *every*
referee toward yes while keeping the editor confident the revision is convergent — and at this journal
the recurring battleground is whether the claim **travels across countries and institutions**, so the
letter has to defend or honestly re-scope the comparative reach, not retreat to a single-country result.

## When to trigger

- An R&R decision arrived and you are planning the revision + response letter
- Referees disagree with each other and you must reconcile their demands
- A referee requests analyses (more cases, different institutional measures) that could change the claim
- Writing the cover memo to the editor summarizing the revision
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