German Feierherd is an Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Economics at Universidad de San Andrés and the director of the Master's Program in Public Policy and Administration. His research focuses on the role of political institutions in shaping inequality, economic informality, and corruption, employing quantitative methods with an emphasis on causal inference. His work has been published in leading academic journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Electoral Studies, among others. Previously, he was a postdoctoral associate at Duke University and has held visiting scholar positions at NYU-Buenos Aires, Princeton University, and Tulane University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University.