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Use when deciding whether a project fits the Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE) — an applied (not pure-theory) journal publishing empirical, replicable work that applies or develops econometric techniques on real data. Tests scope fit, the replicability requirement, and the Research vs. Replication Article tracks before you commit.

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# Topic Selection for JAE (jape-topic-selection)

## When to trigger

- Choosing where to send an empirical or method-application paper and weighing JAE
- Unsure whether your idea is "applied enough" or "too theoretical" for JAE
- Deciding between a standard Research Article and JAE's Replication Article track

## JAE's scope test

JAE publishes **applied** econometrics: papers that **apply and develop econometric techniques on real data**, with the focus on the *application* rather than pure econometric theory. A purely theoretical contribution (a new estimator with asymptotics but no real-data application) is off-fit — route it to a methods/theory outlet. A good JAE topic does one of:

- Applies an established or newly adapted method to a substantive economic question on real data, with credible inference;
- Develops a technique but **anchors it in a real-data application** that demonstrates and tests it; or
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