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jae-topic-selection
Use when choosing or sharpening a research question for the Journal of Accounting and Economics (JAE) — testing economics-based fit, distinguishing JAE from JAR/TAR/RAST, and ensuring the question is about accounting's economic role rather than a normative or behavioral puzzle.
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# Topic Selection & JAE Fit (jae-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- You have a dataset or a hunch but no economics-based question
- You are unsure whether the idea belongs at JAE versus JAR, TAR, RAST, or a finance journal
- A coauthor frames the project normatively ("how should firms report?") rather than positively
- The question is "interesting" but you cannot name the economic mechanism
## The JAE fit test
JAE publishes **positive (economics-based) accounting research**. A fitting question lives in one of its core domains and is driven by an economic force:
1. **Accounting within the firm** — internal control, budgeting, performance measurement as economic mechanisms.