Daniel Trefler
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
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1997 to Current
Professor, Rotman School of Management
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1994-96
Visiting Associate Professor , The Irving B.Harris Grad School of Public Pol.Studies, Univ of Chicago
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as of July 1994
Associate Professor , University of Toronto
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1990-94
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
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1988-90
Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Non-Academic Positions
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Current
Research Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
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Current
Member, Ont Task Force on Comp, Prod & Econ Progress
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Current
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
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Current
Research Fellow, CD Howe Institute
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Current
Co-Editor, Journal of International Economics
Selected Publications - Papers
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John Sutton and Dan Trefler
Journal of Political Economy
Issue:124(3)
2016
Pages: 826-878
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Diego Puga and Dan Trefler
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Issue:129(2)
2014
Pages: 753-821
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Nathan Nunn and Dan Trefler
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Issue:94
2013
Pages: 330-344
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Marc J. Melitz and Dan Trefler
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Issue:26(2)
2012
Pages: 91-118
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Canadian Policy Responses to Offshore Outsourcing
Trefler, D., Helpman, E.
Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada
2010
Pages: pp1.1-1.30
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The New World Division of Labor
Trefler, D.
Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada
2010
Pages: pp2.1-2.25
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Nathan Nunn & Dan Trefler
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
2010
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Susan Zhu & Dan Trefler
Journal of International Economics
2010
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Alla Lileeva and Daniel Trefler
Quarterly Journal of Economics
2009
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Daniel Trefler
Paediatrics & Child Health
2009
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Diego Puga and Daniel Trefler
Journal of Development Economics
2009
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Daniel Trefler
Canadian Journal of Economics
Issue:41(4)
2008
Pages: 1156-1184
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Much Ado About Nothing: American Workers and Service Offshore Outsourcing to China and India
with Runjuan Liu
2008
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The Boundaries of the Multinational Firm:An Empirical Analysis
Helpman, E., Marin, D., Verdier, T., Trefler, D.
Harvard Univ Press, Cambridge
2008
Pages: 55-83
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Franziska Ohnsorge and Daniel Trefler
Journal of Political Economy
Issue:115(5)
2007
Pages: 868-892
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Service Offshoring: Threats and Opportunities
Trefler
Brookings
2006
Pages: pp35-60
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Zhu and Trefler
Journal of International Economics
Issue:65
2005
Pages: 21-48
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Trefler
American Economic Review
Issue:94
2004
Pages: 870-895
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Antweiler and Trefler
American Economic Review
Issue:92
2002
Pages: 93-119
Selected Publications - Books and Chapters
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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
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Mexico and Canada Before and After NAFTA
In NAFTA at 20, edited by Michael Boskin
Hoover Institution Press
2014
Pages: pp 38-42
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In Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned, edited by Daniel Trefler
2010
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Offshore Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Lessons Learned
edited by Daniel Trefler
Toronto: Rotman School of Management and Industry Canada
2010
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Research and Teaching Interests
International Trade, Canadian Competitiveness and Prosperity
Honors and Awards
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2016-2021
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), How We Compete: Canadian Firms Responding to the Rise of the Chinese Economy,
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2016
Killam in the Social Sciences,
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2015 to 2020
Bank of Canada Fellowship Award,
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2011-2014
The Complex Integration Strategies of Multinational Corporations, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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2010
Noni MacDonald Award,
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2010-2017
Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity,
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2009-2010
International Trade, Inequality, and Institutional Change, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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2008-2011
Global Sourcing and Capability Building: Threats and Opportunities for Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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2004-2010
International Competitiveness and Domestic Institutions, Canada Research Chair
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2004-2007
International Trade and Domestic Institutions, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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2006
Offshore Outsourcing Capitalizing on Lessons Learned, Industry Canada, sponsored conference-organizer
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2000-2003
International Trade as if People Matter, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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2000
Rae Prize, Canadian Economic Association for Excellence in Research