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Ben Weidmann

Assistant Professor of Economics · University College London

Assistant professor of economics at UCL and research fellow at LSE; PhD Harvard (2021). Works on experimental labor economics and education, building measures of soft skills such as teamwork and management ability. Co-founded the Skills Lab with David Deming.

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Published Quarterly Journal of Economics Online 21 Jan 2026 Published Apr 2026
How Do You Identify a Good Manager?

Ben Weidmann · Joseph Vecci · Farah Said · Sonia Bhalotra · Achyuta Adhvaryu · Anant Nyshadham · Jorge Tamayo · David Deming

This paper develops a novel experimental method to identify the causal contribution of managers to team performance, and uses it to evaluate which characteristics predict managerial effectiveness and …

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