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jfe-literature-positioning
Use when the related-work section of a Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) manuscript reads like a list and the marginal contribution relative to the top-3 finance frontier is not sharp. Builds the positioning argument; it does not assess identification or design.
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# Literature Positioning (jfe-literature-positioning)
## When to trigger
- The literature section is a chronological list of "X did A; Y did B"
- A referee could plausibly say "this is already in JF/RFS/JFE paper Z"
- You cannot state in two sentences how you differ from the closest paper
- You are unsure which strands (corporate finance, asset pricing, theory) you must engage
## How JFE referees read positioning
JFE referees are domain experts who know the frontier. They are unforgiving about two things: (1) failing to cite and engage the closest prior work, especially recent top-3 finance papers, and (2) overclaiming novelty against work you simply did not read. Positioning is an argument, not a bibliography.
Know the JFE canon you are extending or revising, and attribute it correctly: **Jensen & Meckling (1976)** and **Fama & French (1993, 2015)** are JFE; **Banz (1981)** size effect is JFE; but **Carhart (1997)** momentum-persistence is *Journal of Finance*, not JFE. Miscrediting a foundational paper signals you do not know the literature. JFE's editorial structure is small and field-specialized — Editor-in-Chief Toni M. Whited (Michigan) with co-editors spanning corporate finance and asset pricing (Kellogg, Wharton, NYU Stern) — so your handling editor will likely be a frontier expert in exactly your subfield. Verify self-citation/anonymity rules on jfinec.com.