Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for an American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (AEJ: Applied) manuscript via the AEA ScholarOne system — single-blind review front matter, JEL codes, submission and publication fees, format, disclosures, and AEA data-policy readiness. Final checks; it does not draft content.
SkillScore100Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 22 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 11 of 22 without it.
Without skill50%
With skill100%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Names Raymond Fisman as the lead editor
Mentions including funding sources and IRB approval details
Indicates the $300 high-income nonmember submission fee tier
and 9 more in the full report
11 fixed11 passed either way0 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+50 pp
Tokens
+38%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-40%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v122 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 11 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 11
Prompt
Who is the lead editor directing AEJ: Applied for the term starting January 2026?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Names Raymond Fisman as the lead editor
Missed
Passed
case-10 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/15/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md67 lines2 files
Submission Preflight (aeja-submission)
When to trigger
"Submitting tomorrow" — last check before pressing submit on the AEA system
Unsure which files, fees, and declarations the AEA submission expects
Confirming title/byline/front matter, JEL codes, and disclosure statements are in order
Confirming the paper is data-policy-ready should it advance
AEJ: Applied is one of the four American Economic Journals, published by the American Economic Association (AEA), quarterly; submission is through the AEA online submission system.
Single-blind review: author identities are visible to referees; referee identities remain anonymous to authors. The manuscript should include title, byline, and author affiliations on the first page.
Publication fee: accepted papers first submitted on or after 1 February 2024 are assessed USD 15 per typeset page at proofs.
Length/front matter: abstract of 100 or fewer words; JEL codes; title, byline, and author affiliations on the first page; recommended maximum equivalent to 40 pages at 11-point/1.5 spacing/1-inch margins or 45 pages at 12-point/1.5 spacing/1-inch margins.
Editor (re-verified 2026-06-22): Raymond Fisman (Boston University), lead-editor term beginning January 2026; coeditors Leah Boustan, Marika Cabral, Peter Hull, Xavier Jaravel, and Nicholas Ryan; Data Editor: Lars Vilhuber (Cornell). Re-verify the masthead on the AEA editors page before submission.
Data & code: the AEA Data and Code Availability Policy applies; papers offered R&R are asked to submit their data replication package at resubmission, and accepted papers must clear the Data Editor's compliance/reproducibility check before publication (aeja-replication-package).
One paper under review at a time per AEA rules; AI cannot be listed as an author.
Preflight checklist
Front matter
Title, byline, and author affiliations appear on the first page
Acknowledgement footnote includes author emails, author-order statement, funding/grants, acknowledgments, IRB details, and RCT registration where applicable
JEL codes assigned; keywords listed; abstract is 100 words or fewer
Format & exhibits
Length within the AEJ: Applied recommendation or consciously justified
Tables and figures legible; standard errors reported (stars permitted but SEs are required); exhibit notes self-contained
Supplemental appendix prepared for nonessential material and kept separate from the main paper
References complete and consistent (AEA author-date house style)
Files, fee & policy readiness
Main PDF + supplemental appendix uploaded as required by ScholarOne
Submission fee ready for the submitting author's AEA membership and country-income tier
Publication-page-fee exposure understood if accepted
Replication package buildable into an openICPSR deposit; Data Availability Statement drafted
Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (AEJ: Micro) via the AEA submission system — single-blind review, the 100-word abstract, JEL classification, the submission fee, format, and the AEA Data and Code Availability Policy. Final checks; it does not draft content.