jel-revision

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Use when responding to editor and referee feedback on a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) survey — coverage gaps, balance complaints, framework/structure asks, and accessibility. Drafts the response letter and revision plan; it does not run the submission preflight (jel-submission) or redesign the spine from scratch (jel-organizing-framework).

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Revision & Response for a Survey (jel-revision)

When to trigger

An editor/referee letter on the survey arrived (revise-and-resubmit or major revision)
Referees flagged missing literatures, imbalance, or "reads like a list"
The editor asked to expand, cut, or rebalance coverage
You need a point-by-point response letter for a survey, not a primary paper

Categories of survey feedback (and how to answer each)

JEL revision asks cluster differently from primary-research asks. Triage every point into one bucket:

Feedback type	Typical phrasing	Response move
Coverage gap	"you omit the X literature / author Y"	almost always concede and integrate — place the missing work in the right framework cell; re-run saturation (`jel-literature-synthesis`)
Balance / fairness	"this slights school Z / over-cites the author"	steelman the slighted side; re-audit self-citation (`jel-comprehensiveness-and-balance`)
Framework / structure	"this is an annotated bibliography"	strengthen or make explicit the spine (`jel-organizing-framework`); do not just reorder paragraphs
Appraisal accuracy	"you mischaracterize study W"	correct the characterization; surveyed authors often referee — fix precisely
Accessibility	"a non-specialist can't follow Section 4"	add intuition, define jargon (`jel-writing-style`)
Scope	"too broad / too narrow"	negotiate with the editor (`jel-editor-strategy`); rescope deliberately, not by random cuts

Writing the response letter

Point-by-point, quote-then-respond. Reproduce each comment, then state the change and where it lives (section/page/table).
Coverage asks: concede gracefully and integrate. A missing literature is a real defect in a survey of record; adding it strengthens the article. Resist defensiveness.
Balance asks: show the steelman. Demonstrate the revised text states the other side at its strongest; this is what a fairness complaint actually demands.
Disagree rarely and respectfully. If an ask would break the spine or expand scope unfinishably, explain the trade-off and propose an alternative, ideally pre-cleared with the editor.
Re-run the comprehensiveness audit after integrating new material so additions do not unbalance the whole.
Keep the editor central. On scope and conflicting referee asks, ask the editor to adjudicate rather than trying to satisfy mutually-incompatible referees.
Track every addition's ripple. Adding a literature can shift the survey's center of gravity; after each integration, re-check that the framework cells, the summary tables, and the balance audit still hold, so a fix to one comment does not quietly break another.

Checklist

Every comment triaged into a bucket (coverage / balance / framework / appraisal / accessibility / scope)
Coverage gaps conceded and integrated into the right framework cell; saturation re-run
Balance complaints answered by demonstrable steelmanning + self-citation re-audit
"Annotated bibliography" asks answered by a stronger/explicit spine, not reordering
Mischaracterizations corrected precisely (surveyed authors may be the referees)
Accessibility fixes add intuition / define jargon for the non-specialist
Scope conflicts routed to the editor for adjudication
Point-by-point letter: quote-then-respond, with section/page/table locations
Comprehensiveness + balance re-audited after all additions

Anti-patterns

Defending an omission rather than adding the missing literature (a survey gap is a real defect)
Answering a balance complaint with assertions of fairness instead of revised, steelmanned text
"Fixing" an annotated-bibliography critique by shuffling paragraphs without imposing a spine
Bloating scope to satisfy every "also cover…" until the survey no longer finishes
Mischaracterizing or dismissing a surveyed author who is likely your referee
Trying to satisfy two contradictory referees instead of asking the editor to decide

Output format

【Triage】each comment bucketed (coverage/balance/framework/appraisal/accessibility/scope)? Y/N
【Coverage gaps】conceded + integrated into framework cells; saturation re-run? Y/N
【Balance】steelman shown in revised text; self-citation re-audited? Y/N
【Framework asks】spine strengthened/made explicit (not reordered)? Y/N
【Appraisal fixes】mischaracterizations corrected precisely? Y/N
【Scope conflicts】routed to editor? Y/N
【Letter】point-by-point, quote-then-respond, with locations? Y/N
【Next step】→ jel-submission (re-preflight the revised survey)