Add econ-writing-skill: Economics paper writing skill

[hanlulong]

Skill Submission: econ-writing-skill

Repository: https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill
Category: Communication & Writing

Description

Expert economics paper writing skill synthesizing advice from 50+ guides by leading economists (Cochrane, McCloskey, Shapiro, Head, Bellemare, Goldin, Glaeser, Kremer, and others). Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and 30+ Agent Skills platforms.

What This Skill Does

1. Paper writing guidance: Covers all sections of an economics paper — introduction, literature review, model, empirical strategy, results, conclusion
2. All paper types: Applied micro/macro, theory, structural, mixed-methods
3. Identification strategies: IV, DiD, RDD, bunching, structural estimation
4. LaTeX formatting: Professional tables, equations, BibTeX citations
5. Anti-AI writing patterns: Produces human-sounding academic prose by avoiding telltale AI phrases
6. Paper review/audit mode: Structured referee-style review with actionable feedback

When to Use This Skill

• Writing or editing an economics research paper
• Structuring an empirical or theoretical argument
• Formatting LaTeX tables and equations for economics journals
• Getting a referee-style review of a draft paper
• Learning best practices from 50+ economist writing guides

Installation

# Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cd ~/.claude/skills
git clone https://github.com/hanlulong/econ-writing-skill.git econ-write

Why It Fits This List

This is a comprehensive, well-documented Claude skill for academic economics writing. It solves a real problem — economists spend significant time on writing craft, and this skill encodes expert advice from 50+ published guides into a reusable AI skill.

Happy to submit a PR with the SKILL.md file if preferred. Thank you!