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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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    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

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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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