JFI Contribution Framing
Frames academic research contributions around financial intermediation frictions and mechanisms to clear the Journal of Financial Intermediation desk screen.
JFI Contribution Framing assists finance researchers and economists in structuring the core contribution of papers targeted for the Journal of Financial Intermediation (JFI). It guides authors through a four-part framing framework—identifying the specific intermediary, the economic friction, the transmission mechanism, and the real-world consequence—ensuring manuscripts clearly advance intermediation theory rather than reading as generic empirical finance. Ideal for drafting abstracts and introduction contribution paragraphs, it helps authors avoid desk rejections by anchoring empirical findings or theoretical models directly into the banking and intermediation literature.