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jegeo-theory-model
Use when the model or conceptual frame is the bottleneck for a Journal of Economic Geography (JEG) manuscript — NEG / quantitative-spatial models OR conceptual frameworks from human geography. Makes the mechanism legible to both communities; it does not invent results.
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# Theory and Model Craft (jegeo-theory-model)
## When to trigger
- The empirics are strong but there is no mechanism — just a gravity structure or a set of correlations with space as a fixed effect
- A formal NEG/quantitative-spatial model is in place but a geographer reviewer cannot see what economic-geography *story* it tells
- A conceptual paper (evolutionary/institutional/relational) has rich theory but an economist reviewer cannot see a testable or generalizable claim
- The model's spatial assumptions (mobility, trade costs, externality range, spatial scale) are buried or undefended
## Two modes of theorizing — choose deliberately
JEG accepts both **formal models** and **conceptual frameworks**, but each must be made legible to the other community. Decide which mode you are in, then do the work that makes the other side trust it.
### Mode A: Formal model (NEG / quantitative-spatial)