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Use when deciding whether a microeconomics project fits the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (AEJ: Micro) rather than JET, GEB, Theoretical Economics, Econometrica, or AEJ: Applied. Tests scope and broad-interest fit; it does not develop the model (see aejmic-theory-model).

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# Topic Selection & Scope Fit (aejmic-topic-selection)

## When to trigger

- The project could plausibly go to AEJ: Micro, a specialist theory journal, or an applied/empirical venue, and you must choose
- The question feels narrow, technical, or of interest only to a sub-sub-field
- A reviewer or colleague asked "is this really an AEJ: Micro paper?"
- You have a clever model but are unsure it carries a broad-interest economic message

## The AEJ: Micro fit gate

AEJ: Micro is the AEA's quarterly journal for **microeconomic theory and its applications**, founded 2009. It is **theory-first** but values **broad microeconomic interest** delivered through the **AEA editorial process**. The fit question is two-pronged: (1) is the contribution a *theory* contribution (a model, result, characterization, or theory-grounded experiment)? and (2) is the result *broadly interesting* to micro economists, not only to specialists in one technique?

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