Dr. David Argente

Biography

David Argente is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale School of Management, focusing on applied macroeconomics, macro development, innovation, and monetary economics. His recent research examines the impact of payment methods in developing countries. Before joining Yale, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve and an Assistant Professor at Penn State University. Argente has served as a Kenen Fellow at the International Economics Section of Princeton University's Economics Department and worked on Latin American regional issues while at the World Bank in Mexico. He is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he contributes to macroeconomic research. In addition, he has held editorial roles as Associate Editor for the Journal of Monetary Economics and Co-Editor of the Latin American Journal of Central Banking. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2018, further building on his academic credentials that include a master's from the same institution and a bachelor's in Economics, Government, and Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin.

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