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Use when targeting RAND Journal of Economics or deciding whether an industrial-organization manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

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# RAND Journal of Economics (rand-journal-of-economics)

## Journal positioning

The RAND Journal of Economics is the field flagship for industrial organization, publishing the most consequential theoretical and empirical work on firm behavior, market structure, regulation, and antitrust. The paper that wins here advances how we understand strategic interaction among firms or the economics of a market or regulatory regime — through a game-theoretic IO model, a structural demand-and-supply estimation, or a credibly identified empirical study. The readership is IO economists and applied microeconomists who care about markets, competition, and policy.

This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the publisher's own site or submission system.

## When to trigger

- The author names RAND Journal of Economics (or a top IO outlet) as the target venue.
- A paper studies firm strategy, market structure, or regulation and the author is choosing among IO and applied-micro venues.
- An applied or theory paper needs re-framing so the IO mechanism — competition, entry, pricing, regulation — is the contribution.
- The author needs this venue's desk-reject risks and a credible IO / applied-micro alternative list before submitting.
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