Agustín Casas is a political economist with a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, and held positions in Italy (EUI) and Spain (UC3M and CUNEF). His research is focused on the effects of market and non-market institutions on individual and aggregate outcomes. In particular, he studies the effects of formal and informal rules of organizations on the economic and political outcomes. His research was published in international journals like Journal of Public Economics, American Political Science Review and Economic Inquiry and has been cited by media outlets (CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Slate, La Nacion).