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aeja-literature-positioning
Use when the marginal contribution of an American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (AEJ: Applied) manuscript is fuzzy or undersold and must be staked precisely against prior applied-micro work. Positions the contribution; it does not fix the identification (aeja-identification) or the prose (aeja-writing-style).
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# Literature Positioning (aeja-literature-positioning)
## When to trigger
- A referee or co-author asks "what is new here relative to [closely related paper]?"
- The introduction cites a wall of references but never states the marginal addition
- You are unsure whether your contribution is an *answer*, a *design*, a *setting*, or a *measurement*
- The paper risks reading as a replication or a marginal extension of an existing AEJ: Applied / AER paper
## The AEJ: Applied contribution bar
At AEJ: Applied the contribution is judged as: **a credibly identified answer to a question the applied-micro community has not yet settled**, positioned against the *closest* prior work — not the whole field. Editors and referees reward a contribution that is **specific, honest, and load-bearing**. Name your contribution type, then position only against the papers that threaten it.
| Contribution type | What "new" must mean | Positioning move |