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Use when a Journal of Urban Economics (JUE) manuscript needs a spatial model to interpret its mechanism — a spatial-equilibrium frame, a sorting model, or a quantitative spatial model (QSM) for counterfactuals. Builds the theory that disciplines the empirics; it does not establish the identification (jue-identification) or run robustness (jue-robustness).

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# Spatial Theory & Model Craft (jue-theory-model)

## When to trigger

- A reduced-form spatial result needs a mechanism that interprets the magnitude
- A referee asks "what does this estimate mean in equilibrium, once agents re-sort?"
- The paper wants **counterfactuals** (a policy, an infrastructure change) that require a quantitative spatial model
- The empirical object (a density-wage elasticity, a capitalization rate) maps to a structural parameter you have not named
- You are choosing how much model the paper needs: a one-equation Rosen–Roback wedge or a full QSM

## How much model does a JUE paper need?

JUE is empirically led, but referees expect theory to **discipline interpretation**, not decorate it. Match the model to the claim:
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