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jpam-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) manuscript against prior work — the policy-evaluation evidence base, the relevant economics / political-science / public-management literatures, and the policy/program record. Frames the gap and contribution; it does not design the study or write the full review.
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# Literature Positioning (jpam-literature-positioning)
JPAM sits at a crossroads: a paper must engage the **substantive policy literature** (what is known
about this program/field), the **methods literature** (how comparable effects have been credibly
estimated), and frequently a **second discipline** (an economics result that a political scientist
needs, or vice versa). Positioning establishes both an **evidence gap** and a **decision-relevant
contribution** — not just "no one has done exactly this."
## When to trigger
- Drafting or revising the introduction and related-work framing
- A reviewer said the contribution is "incremental" or "doesn't engage the [field] literature"
- Reconciling conflicting prior estimates of the same policy's effect
- Bridging an economics and a political-science / public-management literature