Ricardo Perez-Truglia is an Economics Professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management. His research focuses on various topics, including income inequality, the gender pay gap, pay transparency, and tax compliance. Typically, he begins by formulating a hypothesis about how individuals make decisions or how a policy will affect them. To test these hypotheses, Ricardo collaborates with firms and governments, often involving field experiments. In 2020, he was named a Sloan Research Fellow, an award recognizing outstanding early-career faculty with the potential to revolutionize their fields of study.