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A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript, and which branch (theory / structural-macro / econometric…
Install Ier Topic Selection
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ier-topic-selection --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection .claude/skills/ier-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "ier-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection into .claude/skills/ier-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ier-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selectionType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ier-topic-selection --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection .agents/skills/ier-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ier-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection into .agents/skills/ier-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ier-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ier-topic-selection --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection .cursor/skills/ier-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ier-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/ier-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ier-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ier-topic-selection --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection .gemini/skills/ier-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ier-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/ier-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ier-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ier-topic-selectionInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection .github/skills/ier-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ier-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection into .github/skills/ier-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ier-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ier-topic-selection --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection .opencode/skills/ier-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ier-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/ier-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ier-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
ier-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~2.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,121 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript, and which branch (theory / structural-macro / econometric…
- Works in 5 steps: State the contribution in one sentence… → Name the two reader segments who must… → Identify the single load-bearing… → …
- Deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, What IER actually rewards, How to sharpen the question and Checklist, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Ier Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript, and which branch (theory / structural-macro / econometric method / applied micro) frames it. Tests fit and scope; it does not invent evidence or citations.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Econometrics and empirical research and Citation management. The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript
- Which branch (theory / structural-macro / econometric method / applied micro) frames it
Example prompts
- “/ier-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- State the contribution in one sentence that names the general object (a parameter, a theorem, an estimator, a mechanism) — not the dataset…
- Name the two reader segments who must both care (e.g., trade theorists + IO empiricists). If you can only name one narrow segment, it is a…
- Identify the single load-bearing assumption or identifying source the whole result rests on, and ask whether you can defend it to a skeptic.
- Decide the branch (theory / structural / method / applied) — this fixes which skill is your real first bottleneck via ier-workflow.
- Hand off to ier-literature-positioning if it passes, or back to ier-workflow if the branch is still unclear.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Ier Topic Selection loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,121 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 1,121 words, ~2,089 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ier-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- ier-topic-selection
- description
- Use when deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript, and which branch (theory / structural-macro / econometric method / applied micro) frames it. Tests fit and scope; it does not invent evidence or citations.
Topic Selection (ier-topic-selection)
When to trigger
- You have a result but are unsure it is general-interest — would a macro theorist and an applied micro reader both see why it matters?
- The question feels like a field-journal question (a single applied estimate, a narrow extension) and you want to know if it clears IER's broad-rigor bar
- The contribution is a model with a clean result, and you want to confirm theory is welcome here (it is — IER tilts theory/structural)
- The team is choosing between IER, Econometrica/QE, a top-5, and a field journal and needs the boundary drawn
What IER actually rewards
IER was founded in 1960 to be a forum for modern quantitative economics, and its center of gravity is rigor and generality over topical novelty. The papers that fit are the ones where the contribution is a method, a model, or a tight model-to-evidence link that travels beyond the immediate application. Sort your question against these archetypes before going further:
| Archetype | What makes it an IER paper | What gets it desk-rejected here |
|---|---|---|
| Pure / applied theory | A new result with a clean proof and load-bearing assumptions made explicit; comparative statics that teach something general | A model that only re-derives a known result, or a toy with no general lesson |
| Structural / quantitative macro | A model disciplined by data whose mechanism and counterfactual are the point | A calibration with an undefended elasticity driving the headline number |
| Econometric theory / method | A new estimator/test with asymptotics AND finite-sample evidence, beating a clear incumbent | A method searching for a problem, or a marginal tweak with no practical gain |
| Applied micro (causal) | A credible design whose answer speaks to a general mechanism, not one institution | A clean DID whose interest is purely local/policy and not generalizable |
The decisive question is not "is this correct?" but "does the rigor buy generality?" An IER referee forgives a narrow empirical setting if the mechanism generalizes, and forgives an abstract model if the result is genuinely new. They do not forgive a paper that is merely competent and local.
Where IER sits among the siblings (so you don't mis-target)
- vs. Econometrica / Quantitative Economics (Econometric Society): those are method-first and membership-gated; IER is Penn–Osaka-owned, broad/theory-leaning, with a flat US$150 fee and an Editorial Express portal. If your paper's entire value is the theorem or estimator with no broad payoff, it may be an ES paper — at IER the general-interest case must be visible.
- vs. the top-5 (AER/QJE/JPE/REStud/Eca): IER rewards rigor and generality but does not require the topical "importance" a top-5 desk demands. A deep, correct, general result that a top-5 would call "not splashy enough" is squarely an IER paper.
- vs. field journals (JIE, J. of Econometrics, etc.): IER wants the result to travel beyond one field. If you can name only one narrow audience, it is a field paper.
Worked example (illustrative)
A draft estimates the pass-through of a specific country's import tariff to local prices — a clean, well-identified applied result. As stated it is a field-journal (trade/IO) paper: the interest is local. The IER version reframes the contribution as a general mechanism — "how incomplete pass-through depends on market structure, identified by tariff variation" — and shows a second reader segment (IO theorists) would care because the mechanism is portable. Same data, different contribution: the rigor now buys generality, which is what moves it from a field outlet to IER.
How to sharpen the question
- State the contribution in one sentence that names the general object (a parameter, a theorem, an estimator, a mechanism) — not the dataset or the country.
- Name the two reader segments who must both care (e.g., trade theorists + IO empiricists). If you can only name one narrow segment, it is a field-journal paper.
- Identify the single load-bearing assumption or identifying source the whole result rests on, and ask whether you can defend it to a skeptic.
- Decide the branch (theory / structural / method / applied) — this fixes which skill is your real first bottleneck via
ier-workflow. - Hand off to
ier-literature-positioningif it passes, or back toier-workflowif the branch is still unclear.
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Three questions that decide fit before you write
Run these before committing the topic; if any answer is "no," reroute via ier-workflow rather than polishing a misfit.
- Generality test. If I strip the specific dataset/country/institution, does a result remain that another economist could use? If nothing survives the stripping, the contribution was the setting, and the setting is not enough for IER.
- Two-referee test. Can I name a plausible referee from a different subfield who would find the paper interesting on its own terms? IER's broad readership means a paper that only one narrow community can referee is a poor fit.
- Sibling test. Is there a journal where this paper would be a more natural fit — Econometrica/QE if it is pure method, a field journal if it is field-local? If yes and the IER-specific edge is thin, name the edge explicitly or retarget.
These are not box-ticking; each maps to a real desk-rejection reason. The generality test catches field-local papers; the two-referee test catches papers too specialized for a general-interest board; the sibling test catches papers that would be stronger submissions elsewhere.
Checklist
- The contribution is stated as a general object (theorem / parameter / estimator / mechanism), not as a dataset or setting
- At least two distinct IER reader segments would care; the paper is not single-field-local
- The rigor visibly buys generality — the lesson survives outside the immediate application
- The branch is named, so the real first bottleneck is identified
- If empirical, the mechanism is generalizable, not just the policy estimate
- Sibling boundary is drawn: this is not better placed at Econometrica/QE or a field journal
- Process facts cited (fee, length, portal) are from
resources/official-source-map.mdor marked 待核实
What "International" does and does not mean
A recurring misreading: authors assume IER wants cross-country or trade topics because of the name. It does not. "International" denotes the Penn–Osaka ownership (the partnership behind the Klein Lectures), not a field scope. A purely domestic macro-theory or applied-micro paper is exactly as welcome as a trade paper, provided the rigor buys generality. Do not bend a topic toward an international angle to "fit the name" — fit the standard (rigor + generality), which is what the editorial board actually applies.
Anti-patterns
- Pitching a clean-but-local applied result as if novelty of setting were the contribution — IER prizes generality, not a fresh dataset
- Sending a method-first econometrics paper to IER when it is really an Econometric Society (Econometrica/QE) paper — IER takes method, but the broad-interest case must be visible
- Assuming "International" means the topic must be cross-country — it names the Penn–Osaka ownership, not the field
- Treating a marginal model extension as general-interest because it is formally correct
Output format
【Journal】International Economic Review
【Skill】ier-topic-selection
【Branch】theory / structural-macro / econometric-method / applied-micro
【Contribution (general object)】one sentence naming the theorem/parameter/estimator/mechanism
【Two reader segments】who must both care
【Load-bearing assumption / identifying source】the thing the result rests on
【Sibling boundary】why IER and not Econometrica/QE / top-5 / field journal
【Verdict】pass / revise / reroute
【Source status】verified / 待核实
【Next skill】ier-literature-positioning© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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What does Ier Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript, and which branch (theory / structural-macro / econometric…. Ier Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript, and which branch (theory / structural-macro / econometric method / applied micro) frames it.
When should I use Ier Topic Selection?
Ier Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether a question is broad and rigorous enough for an International Economic Review (IER) manuscript; which branch (theory / structural-macro / econometric method / applied micro) frames it.
How do I install Ier Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/ier-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ier Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (International-Economic-Review-Skills/skills/ier-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/ier-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ier Topic Selection in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ier-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ier-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/ier-topic-selection, .github/skills/ier-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/ier-topic-selection in your project.
What does Ier Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ier Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Ier Topic Selection access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Ier Topic Selection safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Ier Topic Selection use?
Ier Topic Selection is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Ier Topic Selection use?
About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Ier Topic Selection?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ier Topic Selection: Review Paper (maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo, 137 stars), Scholar Causal (joshzyj/open-scholar-skill, 168 stars), Fin Ref Paper (csmar432/finai-research, 109 stars) and Paper Excellence (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Ier Topic Selection?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,219 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.