Use when an American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (AEJ: Applied) manuscript needs a model to interpret, discipline, or structure its empirical estimates — not to lead the paper. Calibrates how much theory belongs in an empirical-first journal and where it goes; it does not design the identifi
Use when an American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (AEJ: Applied) manuscript needs a model to interpret, discipline, or structure its empirical estimates — not to lead the paper. Calibrates how much theory belongs in an empirical-first journal and where it goes; it does not design the identification (aeja-identification) or build a standalone structural estimation.