Devils Advocate

• Why this specification and not an alternative?
• How sensitive are results to the exact control set?
• What happens if you change the sample period, geographic scope, or clustering level?
• Is TWFE appropriate here given potential treatment effect heterogeneity?

4. Interpretation

• Could the null result on {{secondary outcome}} mean something other than "{{proposed mechanism}}"?
• Are you overclaiming from suggestively significant results?
• How does this generalize beyond {{study setting}}?
• What's the policy relevance given {{institutional feature}}?

5. Literature & Contribution

• How exactly does this advance beyond {{key prior paper}}?
• Is {{data/mechanism contribution}} truly novel, or has someone observed it before?
• Are you citing the most recent work in this area?

Output

Generate 5-7 specific, challenging questions with:

1. The question itself (as a referee would phrase it)
2. Why it matters (what it threatens)
3. Your best available response (from existing analysis)
4. Remaining vulnerability (what you can't fully address)

Format each as:

### Q[N]: [Question]
**Threat:** [What this challenges]
**Response:** [Best available answer]
**Vulnerability:** [What remains unaddressed]
**Action:** [NONE / ADD ROBUSTNESS / REVISE TEXT / FUTURE WORK]