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aejpol-literature-positioning
Use when placing the contribution against the policy-evaluation literature and sharpening it as a policy answer for an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript. Stakes the contribution and the policy-relevant "so what"; it does not write the full introduction or design the identification.
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# Literature Positioning & Contribution Framing (aejpol-literature-positioning)
## When to trigger
- The contribution vs. existing policy evaluations is fuzzy, or sounds like "we add another estimate"
- A referee asks "what do we learn beyond [prior study of this or a similar policy]?"
- The literature review is a list of citations rather than a map of the open policy question
- You need to frame the contribution so the **policy lesson**, not the method, is the news
## How AEJ: Policy contributions are staked
At AEJ: Policy the contribution is a **better answer to a policy question**, not a new estimate for its own sake. Position the paper on three axes and make the policy reading the headline:
1. **The policy-design gap.** What does a policymaker still not know — the sign, the magnitude, the cost-effectiveness, the incidence, the optimal level, or the external validity of an existing estimate? State the gap as something a decision-maker would care about.