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restat-writing-style
Use when revising the prose of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript — especially the abstract and introduction — so the applied question and the estimate land immediately in REStat house style. Polishes framing and prose; it does not change results or identification.
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# Writing Style (restat-writing-style)
## When to trigger
- The introduction buries the question and the estimate under setup and machinery
- The abstract exceeds REStat's limit or does not state the finding
- A reader cannot say, after one paragraph, what was measured and what it matters for
- Prose is in passive throat-clearing mode ("has been studied extensively")
## The REStat prose bar
REStat is **empirical-first applied economics**, so the intro must put the **applied question, the design, and the headline estimate (with units and a standard error)** on page one. The abstract is **≤100 words** (source map refreshed 2026-06-20), in JEL-suitable form — so every word earns its place. The house style is plain, quantitative economics prose: state the number, state the design that earns it, state why an applied audience cares. REStat's measurement tradition means the writing should also make the **quality of the data/measurement** legible early when that is part of the contribution.
## The REStat introduction arc