Professor David Argente’s interests include applied macroeconomics, macro development, innovation, and monetary economics. Prof. Argente’s recent works center around the use of payment methods in developing countries.

Prior to joining Yale School of Management, Prof. Argente was a Visiting Scholar at the Minneapolis Fed, an Assistant Professor at Penn State University, and a Kenen Fellow at the International Economics Section of Princeton University’s Economics Department. Professor Argente has also worked in the Latin America Region of the World Bank and the Bank of Mexico.

He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER, an Associate Editor at the Journal of Monetary Economics, and a Co-Editor at the Latin American Journal of Central Banking.

He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2018.