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rje-writing-style
Use to make a manuscript conform to The RAND Journal of Economics (RJE) Style Guide — author-date citations with no page numbers, references with no issue numbers, numbered sections with unnumbered subsections, flush-right equation numbering, and the journal's distinctive house usage rules. Style and usage polish, not content drafting.
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# RJE House Style (rje-writing-style)
## When to trigger
- Final language and citation polish before submission to RJE
- Converting a draft from a numbered/footnote citation style to RJE author-date
- Catching the journal's specific usage rules that copy editors enforce
## The RJE Style Guide (verified 2026-06-20)
RJE maintains its own Style Guide (rje.org/styleguide.html), which directs authors to the **Chicago Manual of Style** (the page links to the **18th edition**). Its load-bearing rules:
### Citations and references
- **In-text:** author-date, **name and year only, no page numbers** — e.g., "(Jones, 1991)" or "Jones (1991)".