Christian H. Salas

Contact mail: [email protected] Information phone: +1 (202) 716 8197 address: 115 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, Room 436 website: http://chsalas.com

Fields of Primary: Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Formal Theory Interest Secondary: International Conﬂict, Empirical Methodology

Education The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL PhD in Public Policy, Oct 2013 − Jun 2017 • Dissertation Committee: Scott Ashworth (Co-chair), Ethan Bueno de Mesquita (Co-chair), Wioletta Dziuda, Konstantin Sonin. • Dissertation: Essays in Political Economy • Fields: Mathematical Economics (Department of Economics), Political Economy (Harris School of Public Policy) Catholic University of Chile (PUC), Santiago, Chile MA in Economics, 2010 (Highest Honors) BA in Economics, 2008 (Ranked 1st)

Work Yale University, New Haven, CT Experience Post-doctoral Associate, Leitner Program in Political Economy, 2017 - Present

The World Bank, Washington, DC Research Associate, Development Economics Research Group, 2011 - 2013

Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Junior Faculty Lecturer, Department of Economics, 2010 - 2011

Publications “Advantage to incumbency in Multi-member districts: Evidence from congressional elections in Chile.” 2016. Electoral Studies 42: 213-221.

“Can You Help Someone Become Financially Capable? A Meta-Analysis of the Literature.” 2015. World Bank Research Observer 30 (2): 220-246. Also World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6745, 2014. (with Margaret Miller, Julia Reichelstein and Bilal Zia)

“The eﬀect of transport policies on car use: Evidence from Latin American cities.” 2013. Journal of Public Economics 110: 47-62. (with Francisco Gallego and Juan-Pablo Montero)

“The eﬀect of transport policies on car use: A bundling model with applications.” 2013. Energy Economics 40 (1): S85-S97. (with Francisco Gallego and Juan-Pablo Montero)

“group2: Generating the ﬁnest partition that is coarser than two given partitions.” 2013. The Stata Journal 13 (4): 867-875.

1 Working “Party Fragmentation and Electoral Accountability.” 2018. Papers “Persuading Policy Makers.” 2018.

“Communication with detectable deceit.” 2018. (with Wioletta Dziuda)

“The Democratic Politics of Job Loss.” 2018. (with Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro)

Work in “Representation increases participation: Evidence from an institutional change in Chile.” Progress 2018.

“The costs of weak parties: Fragmentation, indiscipline and government spending.” 2018. (with Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro)

“Retail vs. Wholesale Clientelism.” 2018. (with Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro)

“Where does the far-right vote come from? Evidence from European democracies.” 2018. (with Lucas Nunez, Eva Quinones, Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro)

“Counter-terrorism under the Shadow of an Escalating Threat.” 2018. (with Scott Tyson)

“Conﬂict in diplomatic networks.” 2017.

Conference APSA 2018, MPSA 2018, Yale Leitner 2018, MPSA 2017, ISA 2017 and Seminars

Professional Refereed for Environment and Development Economics, Journal of Conﬂict Resolution, Jour- Service nal of Politics, Latin American Politics and Society, Political Research Quarterly, Public Choice, Revista de Ciencia Politica

Professional American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, American Affiliations Economic Association

Honors and Full fellowship, The Harris School of Public Policy Awards “Academic Excellence Prize”, for outstanding academic performance (M.A.) “Professor Ra´ulYver Oxley Award”, for best graduating student in economics (B.A.)

Teaching Yale University, New Haven, CT Experience Instructor, 2018 - 2019 • Game Theory and Political Science (Undergraduate course), Spring 2019

The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Teaching Assistant, 2014 - 2016 • Dziuda & Montagnes, Decisions & Organizations (MPP), Spring 2016 • Kamenica, Game Theory (MBA), Spring 2016 • Mahoney, Competitive Strategy (MBA), Spring 2016 • Buisseret, Political Economy II (PhD), Winter 2016 • Sonin, Microeconomics for Public Policy II (MPP), Winter 2016 • Bueno de Mesquita, Analytical Politics I: Strategic Foundation (MPP), Fall 2015 • Ashworth, Political Economy I (PhD), Fall 2015

2 • Bowler, Math Camp: Calculus (MPP), Summer 2015 • Ashworth, Advanced Microeconomics for Policy Analysis 1 (PhD), Fall 2014, Fall 2015 • Fowler, Political Economy 3: Testing Theories of Political Institutions (PhD), Spring 2015

Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Instructor, 2010 • Econometrics I (3rd year undergraduate in Economics), Fall 2010 • Principles of Economics (1st year undergraduate in Economics), Spring and Fall 2010

Additional Citizenship: Chile and France Information Languages: Spanish (native), English (ﬂuent), French (intermediate) Hobbies: Photography, Mountain/rock climbing, Swimming

References Scott Ashworth Ethan Bueno de Mesquita Professor Sydney Stein Professor and Deputy Dean The Harris School of Public Policy The Harris School of Public Policy The University of Chicago The University of Chicago 1155 East 60th Street 1155 East 60th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Chicago, Illinois 60637 [email protected] [email protected] +1 (773) 702 4336 +1 (773) 834 9874 http://home.uchicago.edu/~sashwort/ http://home.uchicago.edu/bdm/

Wioletta Dziuda Frances Rosenbluth Assistant Professor Damon Wells Professor The Harris School of Public Policy Department of Political Science The University of Chicago Yale University 1155 East 60th Street 115 Prospect Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 New Haven, CT 06511 [email protected] [email protected] +1 (773) 702 4336 +1 (203) 432 5256 https://sites.google.com/site/ http://campuspress.yale.edu/ dziudawiola/ francesrosenbluth/

Ian Shapiro Sterling Professor Department of Political Science Yale University 115 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06511 [email protected] +1 (203) 432 5256 https://shapiro.macmillan.yale.edu/