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Elliot Charette

Economist and Ph.D. Candidate

elliotcharette1@gmail.com

Economist and Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) with over four years of professional experience conducting high-stakes policy research within elite federal institutions. Expert in applying rigorous econometric frameworks with large datasets —including causal inference, longitudinal analysis, and time series models—to drive evidence-based decision-making at the Council of Economic Advisers and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

My research utilizes phone mobility data (Advan Patterns and SafeGraph Spend) to identify business activity spillovers from American Indian casinos to off-reservation businesses. This research relies heavily on the latest difference-in-difference innovations. 

Published Research

Asymmetric Price Adjustment Over the Business Cycle

with Daniel Levy, Haipeng Allan Chen, Sourav Ray, Xiao Ling, Weihong Zhao, Mark Bergen, and Avichai Snir. Economics Letters 254, 112450, 2025

Agglomeration Spillovers from Native Nations: Evidence from Casino Reopenings

with Matthew Gregg and Alice Tianbo Zhang. American Economics Association Papers and Proceedings 115, 438-444, 2025

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications and Essays

Survival Gaps and Employment Growth for Minority Contractors

American Economics Association The Minority Report Winter 2026

Deaths of Despair and Economic Opportunity

with Andrew Goodman-Bacon. For All, Spring 2023 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Restaurant Incubator Feasibility Study

University of Minnesota Extension

Economic Dashboards

Tribal Economic Zones

Project lead, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Technical Expertise

SKILLS

R, Stata, Python, Github, SQL