The Visible Hand

By Jordi Blanes i Vidal

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Episodes: 100

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


Episode Date
Episode 107: Cristobal Otero on the Effect of Managers on Public Hospital Performance
Jun 19, 2026
Episode 106: Alexia Delfino and Miguel Espinosa on Value Dissonance at Work
Jun 02, 2026
Episode 105: Michael Frakes on Doctor Diversity and Racial Health Differences
May 11, 2026
Episode 104: Victoria Angelova on the Comparison between Algorithms and Humans Making Decisions
Apr 16, 2026
Episode 103: Emma Harrington on the Benefits and Costs of Working Next to Your Colleagues
Apr 01, 2026
Episode 102: Giulia Tura on the Effect of Legal Status and Cultural Distance on Marriages Between Natives and Migrants
Feb 28, 2026
Episode 101: Alan Benson on the Gender Promotion Gap
Feb 23, 2026
Episode 100: Viola Salvestrini on the Gender Diversity and Decision-Making in Judicial Teams
Dec 19, 2025
Episode 99: Andrew Garin on the Long-Run Effects of Public Investment
Nov 29, 2025
Episode 98: Nina Roussille on the Gender Ask Gap
Oct 17, 2025
Episode 97: Ryan Hill and Carolyn Stein on Incentives in Science
Oct 07, 2025
Episode 96: Nathan Lane on South Korea’s Industrial Policy
Sep 30, 2025
Episode 95: Andrea Matranga on the Causes of the Neolithic Revolution
Sep 16, 2025
Episode 94: Shaoda Wang on Revolving Door Lawyers
Jun 27, 2025
Episode 93: Laura Boudreau on Monitoring Harassment in Organisations
Apr 11, 2025
Episode 92: Paul Eliason on using regulation and litigation to combat fraud
Mar 28, 2025
Episode 91: David Chan on the Differential Productivity of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Mar 10, 2025
Episode 90: Ziad Obermeyer on the Mortality Effects of Making Patients Contribute to the Cost of their Drugs
Feb 27, 2025
Episode 89: Manasvini Singh on Black versus White Mortality when Hospital Capacity becomes Strained
Feb 25, 2025
Episode 88: Jetson Leder-Luis on Medicare Spending in For-Profit Hospices
Feb 13, 2025
Episode 87: Ambar La Forgia on Chain Ownership and Fertility Clinic Performance
Feb 06, 2025
Announcing 6-Episode Season on Health and Organisational Economics
Jan 30, 2025
Episode 86: Dan Gross on Labour Market Responses to Automation
Dec 16, 2024
Episode 85: Ryan Kellogg on Drilling Deadlines in the Gas Industry
Dec 06, 2024
Episode 84: Emily Nix on Violence Against Women at Work
Nov 22, 2024
Episode 83: Santiago Tobón on the Governance Provided by Organised Criminal Groups
Nov 15, 2024
Episode 82: Wouter Dessein on how Organisations Allocate Decision-Making Power
Oct 31, 2024
Episode 81: Yulu Tang on the Trade-offs Working with Colleagues from your Hometown
Oct 23, 2024
Episode 80: Pauline Mourot on Complementarities in Healthcare Production
Oct 15, 2024
Episode 79: Fabiano Schivardi on Executives, Firm Performance, and Labour Markets
Jun 11, 2024
Episode 78: Marta Serra-Garcia on Cognitive Flexibility and Moral Commitment
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 77: Nicola Mastrorocco on State Capacity as an Organizational Problem
Jan 30, 2024
Episode 76: Soledad Giardili on Managers and Productivity in the Automobile Industry
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 75: J. Carter Braxton on Technological Change and the Consequences of Job Loss
Dec 27, 2023
Episode 74: Avner Strulov-Shlain on Left-Digit Bias and Firm Pricing
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 73: Kailing Shen on Gender Requirements in Job Ads
Nov 29, 2023
Episode 72: Daniela Vidart on Electrification and Female Labour Force Participation
Nov 08, 2023
Episode 71: Michael Best on Individuals, Organisations, and State Effectiveness
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 70: Apoorv Gupta on Network Effects and Adoption of New Technology
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 69: Pauline Grosjean on Heroism, Autocratic Values, and Nazi Collaboration in France.
Oct 04, 2023
Episode 68: Maggie Jones on the Slaughter of the Bison and Native American Development
Sep 17, 2023
Episode 67: Kairong Xiao on the Economic Impact of Revolving Door Incentives
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 66: Martin Schmalz on Common Ownership and Firm Behaviour
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 65: Guido Friebel on the Role of Managers in Reducing Employee Turnover
Aug 09, 2023
Episode 64: Mitchell Hoffman on Increasing Demand for Workers with Criminal Records
Aug 03, 2023
Episode 63: Jin Li on Career Spillovers in Internal Labour Markets
Apr 20, 2023
Episode 62: Elisabeth Perlman on Federal Funding, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Apr 13, 2023
Episode 61: Achyuta Adhvaryu on Managerial Traits, Practices, and Productivity
Apr 03, 2023
Episode 60: Melanie Wasserman on Long Hours, Occupational Choice and the Gender Gap
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 59: Erika Deserranno on the Effect of Minimum Wage Increases on Worker Productivity
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 58: Sule Alan on Improving Workplace Climate in Large Corporations
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 57 (Job Market Edition): Arthur Novaes de Amorim on the Effect of Radio Access on Agricultural Productivity
Dec 14, 2022
Episode 56 (Job Market Edition): Thi Mai Anh Nguyen on Relational Contracts and Market Efficiency
Dec 11, 2022
Episode 55 (Job Market Edition): Martin Schmitz on Communication Costs and Innovation
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 54 (Job Market Edition): Virginia Minni on the Effects of Managers on their Workers
Nov 29, 2022
Episode 53 (Job Market Edition): Jack Fisher on Worker Welfare in the Gig Economy
Nov 24, 2022
Episode 52 (Job Market Edition): Riley League on Administrative Burden and Consolidation in Healthcare
Nov 19, 2022
Episode 51 (Job Market Edition): Beate Thies on the Effects of Air Pollution on Knowledge Workers
Nov 16, 2022
Episode 50 (Job Market Edition): Elena Ashtari Tafti on the Effect of Robots in Surgery
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 49: Audinga Baltrunaite on Gendered References in the Economics Job Market
Nov 05, 2022
Episode 48: Diana Moreira on the Effects of Public Examinations on Civil Service Quality
Oct 13, 2022
Episode 47: Hans-Joachim Voth on Peer Effects among Fighter Pilots
Sep 20, 2022
Episode 46: Johanna Rickne on Sexual Harassment and Gender Inequality in the Labour Market
Sep 11, 2022
Episode 45: Daniel Knutsson on Comparing Public and Private Provision in Healthcare
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 44: Alessandra Fenizia on Managers and Productivity in the Public Sector
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 43: Ingrid Haegele on Talent Hoarding in Organisations
Aug 15, 2022
Episode 42: Stefano Fiorin on Financial Incentives and Whistleblowing
Aug 10, 2022
Episode 41: Andrea Prat on the Allocation of Authority in Organizations
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 40: Mirko Draca on Sanctions and the Interests of Elite Policymakers in Iran
Jun 28, 2022
Episode 39: Yiqun Chen on Team-Specific Human Capital
May 23, 2022
Episode 38: Robert Dur on Team Incentives, Social Cohesion, and Performance
May 10, 2022
Episode 37: Michela Giorcelli on Management Training Programmes
May 03, 2022
Episode 36: Catherine Thomas on Online Labour Markets
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 35: Karol Jan Borowiecki on Teachers and Creativity
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 34: Luigi Butera on Measuring Shame and Pride
Mar 23, 2022
Episode 33: Elena Lucchese on the Effect of Ambulance Response Time on Heart Attack Survival
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 32: Jordi Blanes i Vidal on Face-to-face Communication in Organisations
Feb 21, 2022
Episode 31: Francesco Amodio on Workplace Incentives and Organizational Learning
Feb 10, 2022
Episode 30 (Job Market Edition): Evgenii Fadeev on Patent Citations between Suppliers and Customers
Dec 10, 2021
Episode 29 (Job Market Edition): Marcos Salgado on Connections in the Spanish Empire
Dec 09, 2021
Episode 28 (Job Market Edition): Alex Wellsjo on Cue-Based Habits in Organisations
Dec 06, 2021
Episode 27 (Job Market Edition): Maddalena Ronchi on Managerial Attitudes and Gender Inequality
Nov 25, 2021
Episode 26 (Job Market Edition): Amanda Dahlstrand on Digital Technology and Matching Doctors with Patients
Nov 22, 2021
Episode 25 (Job Market Edition): Melanie Wallskog on Entrepreneurial Spillovers Across Coworkers
Nov 17, 2021
Episode 24 (Job Market Edition): Ari Bronsoler on Communication Technologies in Healthcare
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 23 (Job Market Edition): Arkadev Ghosh on the Effect of Diversity on Team Productivity
Nov 08, 2021
Episode 22: Nick Bloom on Working From Home After the Pandemic
Nov 04, 2021
Episode 21: David Silver on Peer Effects in the Emergency Department
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 20: Ricard Gil on Relational Contracts in the Airline Industry
Oct 11, 2021
Episode 19: Anna Gumpert on Travel Time and Organisational Structure
Sep 30, 2021
Episode 18: Namrata Kala on Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity
Jul 14, 2021
Episode 17: Vicente Cuñat on the Effect of Anti-Takeover Provisions on Shareholder Value and the Likelihood that the Firm is Acquired
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 16: Mounu Prem on Patronage and the Quality of Public Sector Employees
Jun 24, 2021
Episode 15: Morten Bennedsen on the Effects of CEOs on Firm Profitability
Jun 15, 2021
Episode 14: David McKenzie on Improving Management Practices through Consulting
Jun 08, 2021
Episode 13: Isabela Manelici on Productivity and Multinationals
May 30, 2021
Episode 12: Claudia Robles-Garcia on the Trade-off between Competition and Incentives in Mortgage Markets
May 20, 2021
Episode 11: Florian Englmaier on Incentives and Non-Routine Analytical Tasks
May 12, 2021
Episode 10: Zoë Cullen on Socialisation and the Gender Gap
May 05, 2021
Episode 9: Raffaella Sadun on Communication in Organisations
Mar 23, 2021