Emilio Depetris-Chauvin is an Associate Professor and Research Director of the Department of Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is also an Associate Editor at the Journal of Comparative Economics. His areas of research and teaching interests are political economy, economic development, economic growth, and cliometrics. He is particularly interested in understanding the causes and consequences of conflict and violence. His work has been published or is forthcoming in the American Economic Review, AEJ: Applied Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, and Journal of Public Economics.