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 Yale University's School of Management, a Faculty Affiliate of the Economic Growth Center, and a Research Affiliate of the Cowles Foundation.
I am also a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University.
Publications
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
AEA, Papers and Proceedings, 2022
Working Papers
Review of Economic Studies, revise and resubmit
Are Cryptocurrencies Currencies? Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador with Fernando Alvarez and David Argente
Science, conditionally accepted
NBER Working Paper No. 29968
Media coverage: New York Times, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, National Public Radio, Cointelegraph, The Christian Science Monitor
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
Policy Work
with Matías Herrera Dappe and Mathilde Lebrand
Work in Progress
Adoption of Foreign Products and Information Externalities Across Domestic Networks with D. Argente and E. 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