Daniel Trefler
Douglas and Ruth Grant Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and ProsperityProfessor of Economic Analysis and Policy at Rotman School of Management
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- Rotman School of Management
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Biography
Rotman School of Management
Bio
Daniel Trefler is the J. Douglas and Ruth Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity at the Rotman School of Management and a Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Studies.
Professor Trefler is an internationally respected trade economist, known for his path-breaking contributions to fundamental research. This research has been instrumental in the design and pursuit of trade agreements that promote productivity, innovation and investment while minimizing the harmful effects on workers and the most disadvantaged. In recent years he has advised Global Affairs Canada on national policies towards foreign direct investment and helped to frame the document that launched the Canada-EU trade agreement.
The importance and influence of Professor Trefler’s work has been recognized through numerous distinctions including the 2016 Killam Prize in Social Sciences (Canada’s ‘Nobel Prize’), the 2016 Bank of Canada Fellowship Award, a Canada Research Chair, and all three major awards of the Canadian Economics Association.
Born and raised in Toronto, Professor Trefler holds degrees in economics from the University of Toronto (BA), Cambridge University (M.Phil) and UCLA (Ph.D).
Academic Positions
1997 to Current Professor; Rotman School of Management
1994-96 Visiting Associate Professor; The Irving B.Harris Grad School of Public Pol.Studies, Univ of Chicago
as of July 1994 Associate Professor; University of Toronto
1990-94 Assistant Professor; Department of Economics, University of Toronto
1988-90 Lecturer; Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Honors and Awards
2016-2021 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), How We Compete: Canadian Firms Responding to the Rise of the Chinese Economy
2016 Killam in the Social Sciences
2015 to 2020 Bank of Canada Fellowship Award
2011-2014 The Complex Integration Strategies of Multinational Corporations; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2010 Noni MacDonald Award
2010-2017 Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity
2009-2010 International Trade, Inequality, and Institutional Change; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2008-2011 Global Sourcing and Capability Building: Threats and Opportunities for Canada; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2004-2010 International Competitiveness and Domestic Institutions; Canada Research Chair
2004-2007 International Trade and Domestic Institutions; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2006 Offshore Outsourcing Capitalizing on Lessons Learned; Industry Canada, sponsored conference-organizer
2000-2003 International Trade as if People Matter; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2000 Rae Prize; Canadian Economic Association for Excellence in Research
Selected Publications - Papers
Deductions from the Export Basket: Capabilities, Wealth and Trade John Sutton and Dan Trefler Journal of Political Economy 2016
International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice's Response to Globalization Diego Puga and Dan Trefler Quarterly Journal of Economics 2014
Incomplete Contracts and the Boundaries of the Multinational Firm Nathan Nunn and Dan Trefler Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2013
Gains From Trade When Firms Matter Marc J. Melitz and Dan Trefler Journal of Economic Perspectives 2012
Canadian Policy Responses to Offshore Outsourcing Trefler, D., Helpman, E. Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada 2010
The New World Division of Labor Trefler, D. Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada 2010
The Political Economy of Tariffs & Long-Term Growth Nathan Nunn & Dan Trefler American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 2010
The Structure of Factor Content Predictions Susan Zhu & Dan Trefler Journal of International Economics 2010
Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-Level Productivity .... for Some Plants Alla Lileeva and Daniel Trefler Quarterly Journal of Economics 2009
Videos
Canada in the World Economy: Dan Trefler
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Books
Mexico and Canada Before and After NAFTA; In NAFTA at 20, edited by Michael Boskin; Hoover Institution Press; 2014; Pages: pp 38-42
Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage; with Nathan Nunn. In Handbook of International Trade; edited by Gita Gopinath, Elhanan Helpman, and Kenneth Rogoff. Amsterdam: Elsevier; Issue: Volume 4; 2014; Pages: pp263-315
The New World Division of Labor; with Elhanan Helpman. In Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned, edited by Daniel Trefler, Toronto: Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada; 2010; Pages: pp2.1-2.25
Canadian Policy Responses to Offshore Outsourcing; In Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned, edited by Daniel Trefler; 2010; Pages: pp1, 1-1.30
Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned; edited by Daniel Trefler; Toronto: Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada; 2010
The Boundaries of the Multinational Firm: An Empirical Analysis; In The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy, edited by Elhanan Helpman, Dalia Marin, and Thierry Verdier. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 2008; Pages: pp55-83. With Nathan Nunn
Service Offshoring: Threats and Opportunities; In Brookings Trade Forum 2005: Offshoring White-Collar Work, edited by Susan M. Collins and Lael Brainard. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press; 2006; Pages: pp35-60
Successful Economies, Failed Economics: What the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Teaches Us about International Economics; In The MacDonald Commission Report 20 Years On edited by David Laidler and Bill Robson. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute; 2005; Pages: pp111-120
A Time to Sow, A Time to Reap: The FTA and Its Impact on Productivity and Employment; In Productivity Issues in Canada edited by Someshwar Rao and Andrew Sharpe. Calgary: University of Calgary Press; 2002; Pages: pp357-569. With Gary Sawchuk
Papers
- Mexico and Canada Before and After NAFTA; In NAFTA at 20, edited by Michael Boskin; Hoover Institution Press; 2014; Pages: pp 38-42
- Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage; with Nathan Nunn. In Handbook of International Trade; edited by Gita Gopinath, Elhanan Helpman, and Kenneth Rogoff. Amsterdam: Elsevier; Issue: Volume 4; 2014; Pages: pp263-315
- The New World Division of Labor; with Elhanan Helpman. In Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned, edited by Daniel Trefler, Toronto: Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada; 2010; Pages: pp2.1-2.25
- Canadian Policy Responses to Offshore Outsourcing; In Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned, edited by Daniel Trefler; 2010; Pages: pp1, 1-1.30
- Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned; edited by Daniel Trefler; Toronto: Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada; 2010
- The Boundaries of the Multinational Firm: An Empirical Analysis; In The Organization of Firms in a Global Economy, edited by Elhanan Helpman, Dalia Marin, and Thierry Verdier. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 2008; Pages: pp55-83. With Nathan Nunn
- Service Offshoring: Threats and Opportunities; In Brookings Trade Forum 2005: Offshoring White-Collar Work, edited by Susan M. Collins and Lael Brainard. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press; 2006; Pages: pp35-60
- Successful Economies, Failed Economics: What the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Teaches Us about International Economics; In The MacDonald Commission Report 20 Years On edited by David Laidler and Bill Robson. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute; 2005; Pages: pp111-120
- A Time to Sow, A Time to Reap: The FTA and Its Impact on Productivity and Employment; In Productivity Issues in Canada edited by Someshwar Rao and Andrew Sharpe. Calgary: University of Calgary Press; 2002; Pages: pp357-569. With Gary Sawchuk
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