jme-contribution-framing

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# Contribution Framing (jme-contribution-framing)

## When to trigger

- The result exists but the "so what for monetary economics / policy?" is undersold
- The abstract and intro list findings without a single sharp contribution claim
- You need the pitch to survive a desk screen and convince two expert referees
- You want the framing to justify an R&R invitation (the editor's ~50% publication-likelihood bar)

## Why framing is high-stakes at JME

JME has a **distinctive selection funnel**. A first-round decision is **reject or revise-and-resubmit**, and editors invite a resubmission **only when they judge at least a 50% likelihood of ultimate publication** — so an R&R is a strong signal, and a sharp contribution claim is what tips a borderline paper into that bucket. The resubmission is then **"up or out"**: it ends in acceptance or rejection, with no second R&R round. Because review is **single anonymized** with a **minimum of two reviewers**, your framing has to convince specialists who can see your name and will judge the marginal contribution directly.

The contribution should be legible to a macroeconomist or central banker, not just to the narrow sub-field. A JME contribution usually takes one of these shapes: a **new identified fact** about how a shock or policy transmits; a **new mechanism** in a quantitative model that changes a policy conclusion; a **new quantitative magnitude** that overturns or refines a prior estimate; or a **policy counterfactual** that a model now makes credible.