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.
Published and Accepted Papers
with Esteban Méndez
Econometrica, 2022
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Media coverage: Marginal Revolution, Frankfurter Allgemeine, UCLA's Research Spotlight, Cato Institute, VoxDev, Yale Insights
AEA, Papers and Proceedings, 2022
Review of Economic Studies, conditionally accepted
Are Cryptocurrencies Currencies? Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador with Fernando Alvarez and David Argente
Science, accepted
NBER Working Paper No. 29968
Media coverage: New York Times, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, National Public Radio, Cointelegraph, The Christian Science Monitor
Working Papers
Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Model of Technology Adoption: P2P Digital Payments
with Fernando Alvarez, David Argente, Francesco Lippi, and Esteban Méndez
International Diffusion of Technology: Accounting for Differences in Learning Abilities (revision in progress)
with Lee Ohanian, Paulina Restrepo-Echavarría, and Mark Wright
Book Chapter
Global Firms and Local Development with Esteban Méndez
Prepared for “Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic (and Political) History of Latin America and the Caribbean"
Editor: F. Valencia. Palgrave, Macmillan. 2022
Work in Progress
Cross-Border Product Adoption: Individual Imports, Migrant Networks, and Domestic Retailers with Argente & Méndez
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
Contact
Mailing Address:
Diana Van Patten
Yale School of Management
Evans Hall
165 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Email: diana.vanpatten@yale.edu