The Visible Hand

Jordi Blanes i Vidal

The Visible Hand is a podcast about organisations, economics, and management, hosted by Jordi Blanes i Vidal.

  1. 19/12/2025

    Viola Salvestrini on Gender Diversity and Decision-Making in Judicial Teamsg-Run Effects of Public Investment

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  2. 29/11/2025

    Andrew Garin on the Long-Run Effects of Public Investment

    The paper discussed in this episode is 'The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility’ Papers mentioned in this episode include: Chetty, R., & Hendren, N. (2018). The impacts of neighborhoods on intergenerational mobility I: Childhood exposure effects. The quarterly journal of economics, 133(3), 1107-1162. Greenstone, M., Hornbeck, R., & Moretti, E. (2010). Identifying agglomeration spillovers: Evidence from winners and losers of large plant openings. Journal of political economy, 118(3), 536-598. Kline, P., & Moretti, E. (2014). Local economic development, agglomeration economies, and the big push: 100 years of evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Quarterly journal of economics, 129(1), 275-331.

  3. 17/10/2025

    Nina Roussille on the Gender Ask Gap

    The paper discussed in this episode is 'The Role of the Ask Gap in Gender Pay Inequality’ Papers mentioned in this episode include: Goldin, C., & Rouse, C. (2000). Orchestrating impartiality: The impact of “blind” auditions on female musicians. American economic review, 90(4), 715-741.

  4. 07/10/2025

    Ryan Hill and Carolyn Stein on Incentives in Science

    The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science’. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Azoulay, P., Fons-Rosen, C., & Zivin, J. S. G. (2019). Does science advance one funeral at a time?. American Economic Review, 109(8), 2889-2920. Carmichael, H. L. (1988). Incentives in academics: why is there tenure?. Journal of political Economy, 96(3), 453-472. Hill, R., & Stein, C. (2025). Scooped! Estimating rewards for priority in science. Journal of Political Economy, 133(3), 793-845.

  5. 30/09/2025

    Nathan Lane on South Korea's Industrial Policy

    The paper discussed in this episode is ​’Manufacturing Revolutions: Industrial Policy and Industrialization in South Korea’. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Juhász, R. (2018). Temporary protection and technology adoption: Evidence from the napoleonic blockade. American Economic Review, 108(11), 3339-3376. Sant’Anna, P. H., & Zhao, J. (2020). Doubly robust difference-in-differences estimators. Journal of econometrics, 219(1), 101-122.

  6. 16/09/2025

    Episode 95: Andrea Matranga on the Causes of the Neolithic Revolution

    The paper discussed in this episode is ​’The Ant and the Grasshopper: Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture’, by Andrea Matranga. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Ashraf, Q., & Michalopoulos, S. (2015). Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture. Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(3), 589-609. Braidwood, R. J. (1960). The agricultural revolution. Scientific American, 203(3), 130-152. Armelagos, G. J., & Cohen, M. N. (Eds.). (1984). Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture (pp. 284-301). Orlando, FL: Academic Press. Diamond, J. M. (2010). The worst mistake in the history of the human race (pp. 64-66). Los Angeles: Oplopanax Publishing. Milankovic, M. (1930). Mathematische Klimalehre und Astronomische Theorie der Klimaschwankungen. Gebrüder Borntraeger. Flückiger, M., Larch, M., Ludwig, M., & Pascali, L. (2024). The dawn of civilization: metal trade and the rise of hierarchy.

  7. 27/06/2025

    Episode 94: Shaoda Wang on Revolving Door Lawyers

    The paper discussed in this episode is ​’The Law and Economics of Lawyers: Evidence from the Revolving Door in China's Judicial System’, by Shaoda Wang, Zhuang Liu, Wenwei Peng, and Daniel Yi Xu. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Blanes i Vidal, J. B., Draca, M., & Fons-Rosen, C. (2012). Revolving door lobbyists. The American Economic Review, 102(7), 3731.

  8. 11/04/2025

    Episode 93: Laura Boudreau on Monitoring Harassment in Organisations

    The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Monitoring Harassment in Organizations’, by Laura Boudreau, Sylvain Chassang, Ada Gonzalez-Torres, and Rachel M. Heath. Papers mentioned in this episode include: Chassang, S., & Miquel, G. P. I. (2019). Crime, intimidation, and whistleblowing: A theory of inference from unverifiable reports. The Review of Economic Studies, 86(6), 2530-2553.

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