Assistant Professor
Business and Public Policy
About
Raul Sanchez de la Sierra is an Assistant Professor at Berkeley Haas. He is also an Azrieli Global Scholar at the 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 M.Sc. in development economics from Sciences-Po, Paris, and a B.Sc. in economics from Carlos III Madrid; Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet Munich.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Government
- Political Economy
- Development Economics
- Taxation
- Raul Sanchez de la Sierra and M Humphreys. Can Externally Mandated Gender Requirements Empower Women. Journal of Development Economics.
2018 - Raul Sanchez de la Sierra. On the Origin of States: Stationary Bandits and Taxation in Eastern Congo. CEPR Policy Journal.
2017 - Raul Sanchez de la Sierra and N Nunn. Why Being Wrong can be Right: Magical Warfare Technology and the Persistence of False Beliefs. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings.
2017 - Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, M Humphreys and P Van der Windt. Fishing, Commitment, and Communication: Comprehensive Nonbinding Registration. Political Analysis.
2012
At Haas since 2015
2016 – present, Azrieli Global Scholar, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
2016 – present, Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) Faculty Affiliate
2016 – present, International Growth Centre (IGC) Faculty Affiliate
2015 – present, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
2014 – 2015 Academy Scholar, Harvard University
- Referee for: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, International Economics Review, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Political Economy, Theoretical Economics, World Development
Azrieli Global Scholar, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
2016
Academy Scholar, Harvard University
2014
Leitner Family student fellowship for research in Africa
2013
University of Chicago Summer School in Socioeconomic Inequality
2013
Columbia University Teaching, Research and Dissertation Fellowships
2010 – 2014
IGERT Fellow (with J Stiglitz and A Noman)
2009
La Caixa Foundation Scholarship for Postgraduate studies in the United States
2008 – 2010
- Where do our values come from?, The Week, 01/13/2018