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David Yu

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About Me

I am a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington D.C., in the Division of International Finance. In June 2022, I graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Mathematics/Economics and a Specialization in Computing.

My research interests include applied microeconomics and monetary economics.

My primary technical skills are Stata, Python, and HTML/CSS (I designed this website!).

News

November 3, 2023: My FEDS Note (joint with Justin Pierce), titled "Assessing the Extent of Trade Fragmentation", was released.

December 22, 2022: A FEDS Note that I worked on as a research assistant was released. It is titled "International Spillovers of Tighter Monetary Policy" and was authored by Dario Caldara, Francesco Ferrante, and Albert Queralto.

June 12, 2022: I graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Mathematics/Economics and a Specialization in Computing. At graduation, I was given the Outstanding Student in Mathematics/Economics award.

March 18, 2022: I completed my undergraduate thesis, which studies Head Start with the marginal value of public funds (MVPF) framework.

February 2, 2022: My article covering Head Start for the UCLA Undergraduate Economics Society was posted.