Meet the Researchers
Elena Falcettoni
[email protected]
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Minnesota, 2019
- M.A., Economics, University of Minnesota, 2016
- M.Sc., Finance, Bocconi University, 2015
- B.Sc., International Economics, Management and Finance, Bocconi University, 2013
- Payments, Stablecoin, Cross-Border Payments, Physician Shortage,
- Workforce Effect on Health, Geographical Health Heterogeneity, Prefab Housing
Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2025 - presentSenior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2022 - 2025Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2019 - 2022Affiliate Scholar
Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute
2020 - presentDirector and Secretary to the Board
FRB Federal Credit Union
2021 - presentResearch Analyst
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
2016 - 2019
- Refining the Definition of the Unbanked
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard Mokleiv Nygaard
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.033 - A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
International Economic Review (2023)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2023) - A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2023)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.041r1 - Acts of Congress and COVID-19: A Literature Review on the Impact of Increased Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Stimulus Checks
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard Nygaard
FEDS Notes (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2848 - A Literature Review on the Impact of Increased Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Stimulus Checks in the United States
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
Covid Economics (2021) - The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
Elena Falcettoni
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.063 - A Comparison of Living Standards Across the States of America
Elena Falcettoni and Vegard M. Nygaard
FEDS Notes (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2545
See also » FRB Working Paper (2023) - Essays in Industrial Organization and Health Economics
Elena Falcettoni
Dissertations (University of Minnesota) (2019) - Scenario Analysis
Elena Falcettoni
Corporate Valuation: Measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119261674
conference
2026Philadelphia, PA
ASSA meeting
discussion
2026USC
Annual Health Economics Conference
seminar
2025National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Invited Panel at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Standing Committee on Primary Care
discussion
2025Chicago, IL
System Payments Research
conference
2025Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University
conference
2025San Francisco, CA
LERA @ ASSA 2025
conference
2025Rome, Italy
Economics of Payments XIV
conference
2025FRB Kansas City
2025 Spring Midwest Macro
discussion
2025Richmond, VA
System Applied Micro Conference
conference
2025Nashville, TN
2025 American Society of Health Economists Conference
conference
2025Chicago, IL
Kaufman Center for Financial Policy Studies
discussion
2024FRB Chicago
System Conference
conference
2024Boston, MA
NBER Summer Institute
conference
2024San Antonio, TX
ASSA 2024
discussion
2024Vienna, Austria
Economics of Payments Conference
conference
2024San Diego, CA
2024 American Society of Health Economists Conference
conference
2024New York, NY
LERA Annual Meeting as the Chair of LERA at ASSA
discussion
2024Montreal, Canada
Retail Payments Workshop
conference
2024Edinburgh, Scotland
3rd HIGHLAND HEALTH ECONOMICS SYMPOSIUM
conference
2023Lincoln, NE
Nebraska Labor Summit
conference
2023St. Louis, MO
American Society of Health Economists
seminar
2023New Orleans, LA
The Shortage in Health Care Personnel and Labor Force Issues Symposium (Tulane Health Symposium)
conference
2023New Orleans, LA
ASSA 2023 Annual Meeting
conference
2022Valencia, Spain
Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía
conference
2022Fort Lauderdale, FL
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting
conference
2022Virtual
Rural Research Symposium
discussion
2022Ottawa, Canada
Economics of Payments
conference
2022Kansas City, MO
2022 System Committee on Regional Analysis
conference
2022Philadelphia, PA
Wharton People and Organizations Conference
conference
2022LERA @ ASSA Boston
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
discussion
2021Annual Health Econometrics Workshop
Discussion of "Innovation and Health Disparities During an Epidemic: The Case of HIV"
conference
2021Southern Economic Association 91st Annual Meeting
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
discussion
2021Stigler Center Healthcare Conference (Chicago, IL)
Discussion of "Rural Healthcare"
conference
2021Annual Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
202119th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
2021Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (Barcelona, Spain)
A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
conference
202110th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2021Society for Economic Dynamics
A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
conference
2021Royal Economic Society Conference
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2021LERA @ ASSA Chicago
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
seminar
2021U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
conference
2020Annual Health Econometrics Workshop (discussion by Prof. Robert Town)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2020APPAM International Conference
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
20204h Workshop on Mechanism Design For Social Good (by co-author)
A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
seminar
2020Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (by co-author)
A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
conference
2020European Economic Association Congress
A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
conference
2020Texas Camp Econometrics XXV (by co-author)
A Comparison of Living Standards Across the United States of America
conference
20204th Workshop on Mechanism Design For Social Good
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
2020APPAM International Conference
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
2020American Society of Health Economists Conference
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
2019Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (Alicante, Spain)
Physician Workforce Effect on Health
seminar
2019University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Invited Lecture in Health Economics
conference
2019Urban Economics Association Conference (Philadelphia, PA)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
20193rd Workshop on Mechanism Design for Social Good (Phoenix, AZ)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2019American Society of Health Economists Conference (Washington, DC)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2019International Industrial Organization Conference (Boston, MA)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
seminar
2019University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
seminar
2019Sciences Po (Paris, France)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
seminar
2019McGill University (Montreal, Canada)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
seminar
2019Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
seminar
2019Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Washington, DC)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2018Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (Madrid, Spain)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
seminar
2018University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2018American Society of Health Economists Conference (Atlanta, GA)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2018Warwick Ph.D. Economics Conference (Warwick, United Kingdom)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2018Midwest Economics Association Conference (Evanston, IL)
The Determinants of Physicians' Location Choice: Understanding the Rural Shortage
conference
2018Warwick Ph.D. Economics Conference (Warwick, United Kingdom)
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
2018American Society of Health Economists Conference (Atlanta, GA)
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
2018Midwest Economics Association Conference (Evanston, IL)
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
2017Midwest Economics Association Conference (Cincinnati, OH)
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
conference
2017Missouri Valley Economic Association Conference (Kansas City, MO)
The Consequences of Medicare Pricing: An Explanation of Treatment Choice
Awards
- 2023
Federal Reserve Board Division of Reserve Bank Operations & Payment Systems
Division Award
- 2023
Bank of International Settlements
Central Bank Research Fellowship
- 2018
Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment and the Life Sciences
Consortium Research Award
- 2017
Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
Second Place, Hard Third Year Paper Competition
- 2016
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Distinguished Teaching Assistant
- 2015
Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
Herbert Mohring Fellowship in Economics
- 2014
Bocconi University
Bocconi Merit Award
- 2013
Bocconi University
Bocconi Merit Award
Conference Organization
2025 | Virtual
6th Annual HHEI Alumni Conference
Organizer
2026 | Philadelphia, PA
LERA@ASSA
Program Chair
2027 | Washington, DC
LERA@ASSA
Program Chair
2025 | San Francisco, CA
LERA@ASSA
Program Chair
2024 | Virtual
5th Annual HHEI Alumni Conference
Organizer
2024 | San Antonio, TX
LERA@ASSA
Program Chair
10/26/2023 | Washington, DC
Economics of Payments XII
Organizer
2023 | Virtual
4th Annual HHEI Alumni Conference
Organizer
10/06/2022 | Washington, DC
ACM conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization
Organizer
07/07/2022 | Virtual
3rd Annual HHEI Alumni Conference
Organizer
06/24/2021 | Virtual
2nd Annual HHEI Alumni Conference
Organizer
06/25/2020 | Virtual
Inaugural Heller-Hurwicz UMN Alumni Conference
Organizer
06/20/2019 | Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
Third Year Conference (for Industrial Organization Workshop)
Organizer
Referee
- Journal of International Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Health Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, AEJ: Economic Policy, European Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Health Services Research Journal, Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Professional Affiliation
- Mentor, Women in Economics Program co-sponsored by the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute and the Department of Economics of the University of Minnesota, 2020-present
- Program Committee Member, American Society of Health Economists, 2022
- Program Committee Member, American Society of Health Economists, 2021
- Program Committee Member, American Society of Health Economists, 2020
- Senior Program Committee Member, ACM conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization, 2021
- Program Committee Member, Mechanism Design for Social Good, 2020
- Committee Member, Labor and Employment Relations Association Competitive Papers, 2022
- Committee Member, Labor and Employment Relations Association Competitive Papers, 2021
- Program Chair, Labor and Employment Relations Association for ASSA, 2024
- Program Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Relations Association for ASSA, 2023
- Committee Member, Labor and Employment Relations Association for ASSA, 2022
- Mentor, CSWEP Workshop hosted during the SEA, 2022