research-ideas

name	research-ideas
description	Generate empirical research questions based on existing literature and data landscape.

Research Idea Generator

When to Use

After major literature additions, or when looking for new directions.

Steps

1. Read all @*.md notes in literature/zotero-notes/ — extract YAML frontmatter (citekey, paper_type, tags, authors, year, journal) and note content
2. Also read: literature/missing-lit.md, existing strategy memos, literature/synthesis/frontier-map.md, .claude/references/domain-profile.md
3. Generate ideas, requiring for each:
   • Research question (one sentence)
   • Empirical strategy (DiD/IV/RDD/SC + what provides variation)
   • Data feasibility (what exists, what's accessible, what's missing)
   • Contribution (what's new relative to the frontier)
   • Feasibility score (1–5: 1 = publishable with existing data, 5 = data may not exist)
   • Target journal (based on journal-profiles.md)
   • Relation to existing papers (complement, extension, or independent)
4. Append to literature/research-ideas.md with date stamp

Output Format

Prepend to literature/research-ideas.md:

## YYYY-MM-DD — Research Ideas

### Idea 1: [One-sentence question]
- **Strategy:** [Estimator + variation source]
- **Data:** [Dataset(s) + accessibility]
- **Contribution:** [What's new]
- **Feasibility:** [N]/5
- **Target journal:** [Journal name]
- **Relation:** [How it connects to Papers 1–3]

### Idea 2: ...

Important

• Follow append-only protocol
• Flag ideas that complement existing three objectives
• Be specific about identification — "use DiD" is insufficient; specify what provides the treatment variation