1. **Write out the full Routh–Hurwitz algebra** — explicit $c_0, c_1, c_2$ and the exact Hopf condition in terms of the primitive parameters (the technical appendix that makes this bulletproof).
2. **Develop the capture/bistability refinement (7c) fully** — the hysteresis result is publishable on its own and speaks directly to the political-economy literature.
3. **Numerical simulation plan** — phase portraits, the bifurcation diagram in (α, μ) space, and the Lyapunov exponents demonstrating chaos.
4. **Map parameters to measurable proxies** — operationalize E (enforcement budgets/actions), D (fraud prosecutions/losses), T (survey trust indices) for the empirical chapter.