JFQA Tables & Figures (jfqa-tables-figures)

Use this skill to design exhibits for a JFQA manuscript so a reviewer can read each one standalone and so the file complies with the journal's prescriptive formatting.

Standard finance exhibit set

• Table 1 — Summary statistics: variable definitions, N, means, SDs, key percentiles; note winsorizing/trimming.
• Correlation matrix where relevant.
• Main results table: the core regressions/sorts, with coefficients, SEs, the clustering dimension, fixed effects listed, and N.
• Robustness tables: alternative samples, definitions, FE/clustering.
• Heterogeneity / mechanism tables.
• Figures: event-study coefficient plots, portfolio-sort patterns, RDD discontinuity plots, time-series of the key series.

Self-contained notes (required discipline)

Each table/figure note must state: sample and period, unit of observation, what is winsorized, the SE/clustering choice, fixed effects, and how to read the magnitude. A reviewer should not need the text to interpret the exhibit.

Presentation standards