Mounu works as an associate professor at the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance. He is also a CEPR research affiliate in the development and political economy groups, IZA research fellow, and an adjunct professor at the Economics Department at Universidad del Rosario. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University and a M.A. and B.A. in Economics from PUC Chile. His research interests are in Political Economy, Development Economics, Economic History, and Corporate Finance. His main research agenda focuses on Latin American countries and the legacies of dictatorship, the causes and consequences of corruption and organized crime, and the economics of conflict.