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Use when polishing prose, abstract, and introduction for a Games and Economic Behavior (GEB) manuscript so the model and result land for a general game-theory reader. Enforces the 250-word abstract cap and elsarticle conventions. Polishes exposition; it does not change results.

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# Writing Style (geb-writing-style)

## When to trigger

- The introduction reaches the theorem only after pages of setup and notation
- The abstract is over 250 words, or states the model but not the result
- The proof idea is invisible behind algebra
- Prose is dense even for a specialist game-theory reader

## GEB house style: precise, idea-first, specialist-but-broad

GEB is read across the game-theory community — economics, political science, biology, computer science, mathematics, and psychology — so the writing must be **rigorous yet legible beyond one sub-field**. Lead with the idea and the result; push heavy algebra into proofs and appendices. State theorems precisely but motivate them in words first. The reader is a game theorist, so you can assume the vocabulary of equilibrium and mechanisms, but not the details of your specific construction.

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