I am an economist with research interests in international trade and macro development. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA in 2020.
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management.
I am also an Associate Editor at the Journal of International Economics and a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER.
Research Papers
Multinationals, Monopsony, and Local Development: Evidence from the United Fruit Company with Esteban Méndez
Econometrica, 2022
Online Appendix. Supplementary Online Appendix. 7-minute summary video by Econimate. Podcast by Trade Talks. Media coverage: Marginal Revolution, Frankfurter Allgemeine, UCLA's Research Spotlight, Cato Institute, VoxDev, Yale Insights
Are Cryptocurrencies Currencies? Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador with Fernando Alvarez and David Argente
Science, 2023
NBER Working Paper No. 29968. Media coverage: New York Times, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, National Public Radio, Cointelegraph, Christian Science Monitor, Forbes, BBC, CNBC
Voting on a Trade Agreement: Firm Networks and Attitudes Toward Openness with Esteban Méndez
Review of Economic Studies, accepted
Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Model of Technology Adoption
with Fernando Alvarez, David Argente, Francesco Lippi, and Esteban Méndez
American Economic Review, revise and resubmit
Cross-Border Product Adoption: Individual Imports, Migrant Networks, and Domestic Retailers
with David Argente and Esteban Méndez
The International Consequences of Bretton Woods: Capital Controls and the Value of Geopolitical Stability
with Lee Ohanian, Paulina Restrepo-Echavarría, and Mark Wright
Other Work
The Dismantling of Capital Controls After Bretton Woods and Latin American Productivity
AEA, Papers and Proceedings, 2022
Global Firms and Local Development with Esteban Méndez
Book Chapter. Prepared for “Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic (and Political) History of Latin America and the Caribbean"
Palgrave, Macmillan. 2022
Work in Progress
Detour Ahead: Market Frictions and Path Dependence in Transport Networks with Marta Santamaría
Enrooted Corporate Culture: The Long-Run Impact of Exposure to Multinationals on Local Trade Policy and Political Identity with Esteban Méndez
International Diffusion of Technology: Accounting for Differences in Learning Abilities
Contact
Mailing Address:
Diana Van Patten
Yale School of Management
Evans Hall
165 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Email: diana.vanpatten@yale.edu