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Use when deciding which restat-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) submission. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills.

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# REStat Workflow Router (restat-workflow)

## Overview

This is the router. It tells you **which restat-* skill to use at the current stage** of a manuscript aimed at *The Review of Economics and Statistics* (REStat) — the venerable MIT Press journal **edited at the Harvard Kennedy School** (founded 1917/1919; current title since 1948). REStat publishes **applied economics and applied econometrics**: it rewards **credible causal identification, careful measurement, and quantitative evidence** across labor, public, development, trade, IO, health, environment, urban, and macro-empirics. It is **empirical-first** — a clean research design or a measurement advance is the contribution; theory interprets, it does not lead.

Operational tells that you are at REStat and not a sibling: REStat values **measurement and applied econometrics**, not pure methods development (that is *J. Econometrics*); it is **broad applied econ**, wider than a field journal but more specialized than AER. Submission is via **Editorial Express** with a nonrefundable **submission fee** (US$125; source map refreshed 2026-06-20); review is editor-managed peer review; accepted empirical papers must deposit data and code to the **REStat Harvard Dataverse** under the journal's **Data and Code Availability Policy**. Editors as of the 2026-06-20 refresh: Will Dobbie (Harvard) and Raymond Fisman (Boston U), co-chairs.

## When to trigger

- The user asks "what should I do next?"
- A draft needs its current bottleneck diagnosed
- Work is ping-ponging between identification, exhibits, framing, and the response letter
- A REStat decision letter arrived and the user needs to switch into revision mode
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