Plausibly Exogenous [1694] - Lab Managers (09/22/2024)

LHS Variable
Research productivity

RHS Variable
Alignment between CEO and middle-level managers

Source of Exogenous Variation
Variation in the entry of “new generation” lab managers in national R&D labs in India driven by the bureaucratic process governing the appointment of new lab managers: either at the end of their 6-year employment contract or after they reached the retirement age of 60 years (whichever came first)

- Choudhury, Khanna, and Makridis (2020), “Do Managers Matter? A Natural Experiment from 42 R&D Labs in India”