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rfs-referee-strategy
Use when choosing suggested/opposed referees or running an objection pre-mortem before submitting a The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) manuscript. Anticipates reviewer concerns; does NOT write the rebuttal (that is rfs-rebuttal).
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# Referee Strategy & Objection Pre-Mortem (rfs-referee-strategy)
## When to trigger
- The portal asks for suggested and opposed reviewers
- You want to anticipate the objections RFS referees will raise before they do
- A coauthor asks "who will referee this and what will they hate?"
- Preparing the cover letter's referee section
## Two jobs: referee selection and objection pre-mortem
### A. Suggesting and opposing referees
- **Suggest** referees who are active in your exact sub-field, have published the closest methods, and can evaluate both the novelty and the rigor. RFS referees are usually the authors you cite most.
- Aim for a balanced slate: not only your closest collaborators' circle, and not only theorists for an empirical paper (or vice versa).