The paper discussed in this episode is “The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains”, by Donn L Feir, Rob Gillezeau, and Maggie Jones. The paper was published in the Review of Economic Studies in 2023.

The paper discussed in this episode is “Closing the Revolving Door”, by Joseph Kalmenovitz, Siddharth Vij, and Kairong Xiao.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘‘Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives”, by Miguel Antón, Florian Ederer, Mireia Giné, and Martin Schmalz. This paper was published in the Journal of Political Economy in 2023.

Some of the data used in this paper, particularly that relating to Firm-pair profit weights for S&P 500 firms and Corporate Ownership of S&P 500 firms are available at https://corporateownershipdata.com/

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘‘Middle Managers, Personnel Turnover, and Performance: A Long-Term Field Experiment in a Retail Chain”, by Guido Friebel, Matthais Heinz, and Nikolay Zubanov. The paper was published in Management Science in 2021.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Increasing the Demand For Workers with a Criminal Record’, by Zoe Cullen, Will Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman. The paper was published at The Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2023.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Career Spillovers in Internal Labour Markets’, by Nicola Bianchi, Giulia Bovini, Jin Li, Matteo Paradisi, and Michael Powell. The paper was published at the Review of Economic Studies in 2022.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Cutting the Innovation Engine: How Federal Funding Shocks Affect University Patenting, Entrepreneurship, and Publications’, by Tania Babina, Alex Xi He, Sabrina T. Howell, Elisabeth Ruth Perlman, and Joseph Staudt. The paper was published at the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2023.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics’, by Achyuta Adhvaryu, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. The paper was published at the Review of Economic Studies in 2022.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Hours Constraints, Occupational Choice, and Gender: Evidence from Medical Residents’, by Melanie Wasserman. The paper is forthcoming at the Review of Economic Studies.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Minimum Wage and Individual Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Large US Retailer’, by Decio Coviello, Erika Deserranno, and Nicola Persico. The paper was published at the Journal of Political Economy in 2022.