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journal-of-economic-literature
Use when targeting Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) or deciding whether a survey/review article fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, contribution bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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# Journal of Economic Literature (journal-of-economic-literature)
## Journal positioning
JEL is the American Economic Association's authoritative survey and review journal — the source of the JEL classification codes used across economics. It publishes mostly solicited, field-defining literature reviews and review essays that synthesize a body of work, organize what is known, and set the agenda for a field, for the whole discipline. The contribution is synthesis and judgment, not new empirical results; pieces are typically initiated by proposal/invitation, and the bar is authoritative command of a literature.
This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting or proposing, re-check the live author instructions on the AEA site and the editorial submission system.
## When to trigger
- The author wants to write or propose a survey/review for JEL, or has a field-defining synthesis in mind.
- A scholar with deep command of a literature is considering a review essay rather than an original-research paper.
- A piece is really a synthesis/agenda-setting review and needs to be framed as such rather than as new empirics.
- The author needs JEL's proposal route, desk-reject risks, and a credible review-venue alternative list.