Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra is an aassistant professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. He is also an Azrieli Global Scholar at thr Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, a Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) Faculty Affiliate and an International Growth Centre (IGC) Faculty Affiliate. His work covers Development Economics, Political Economy, Conflict, Taxation. He has a PhD in Economics from Columbia University, an MSc in Development Economics from Sciences-Po, Paris and a BSc in Economics from Carlos III Madrid; Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet Munich.