I am an economist with research interests in international trade and macro development. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA.
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
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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
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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
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Voting on a Trade Agreement: Firm Networks and Attitudes Towards Openness with Esteban Méndez
Review of Economic Studies, 2025
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Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Model of Technology Adoption: P2P Digital Payments
with Fernando Alvarez, David Argente, Francesco Lippi, and Esteban Méndez
American Economic Review, revise and resubmit (2nd round)
NBER Working Paper No. 31280​
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Cross-Border Product Adoption: Individual Imports, Migrant Networks, and Domestic Retailers
with David Argente and Esteban Méndez
Quarterly Journal of Economics, revise and resubmit
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A Theory of Payment-Chain Crisis with Saki Bigio and Esteban Méndez
Econometrica, reject and resubmit
with Lee Ohanian, Paulina Restrepo-Echavarría, and Mark Wright
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Other Work
The Dismantling of Capital Controls After Bretton Woods and Latin American Productivity
AEA, Papers and Proceedings, 2022
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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
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Work in Progress
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De Minimis as a Constraint on Local Retail Market Power with David Argente and Esteban Méndez ​
Detour Ahead: Market Frictions and Path Dependence in Transport Networks with Marta Santamaría
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The Legacy of Corporate Culture: How Multinational Exposure Reshapes Local Identity with Méndez
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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
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Email: diana.vanpatten@yale.edu