Episode 29 (Job Market Edition): Marcos Salgado on Connections in the Spanish Empire

The paper discussed in this episode is “Building Loyalty through Personal Connections: Evidence from the Spanish Empire (drive.google.com/file/d/191o52pgX4Jeyy4hwGuu62…)”, by Marcos Salgado (sites.google.com/view/marcossalgado).

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:
Fracassi, C., & Tate, G. (2012). External Networking and Internal Firm Governance. The Journal of Finance, 67(1), 153-194.
Xu, G. (2018). The Costs of Patronage: Evidence from the British empire. American Economic Review, 108(11), 3170-98.