Details about Douglas A. Irwin

Homepage:	http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dirwin
Postal address:	Department of Economics Dartmouth College Hanover NH 03755
Workplace:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Economics Department, Dartmouth College, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. Revenue or Reciprocity? Founding Feuds over Early U.S. Trade Policy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression: Who Succumbed and Why?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2008

3. International Economic Policy: Was There a Bush Doctrine?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2007

4. The Antebellum U.S. Iron Industry: Domestic Production and Foreign Competition
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2008)
5. Trade Restrictiveness and Deadweight Losses from U.S. Tariffs, 1859-1961
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2006

6. Antebellum Tariff Politics: Coalition Formation and Shifting Regional Interests
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
7. Tariff Incidence in America's Gilded Age
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2007)
8. The Impact of Federation on Australia's Trade Flows
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2006)

2005

9. The Rise of U.S. Antidumping Activity in Historical Perspective
   IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
   See also Journal Article in The World Economy (2005)

2004

10. Labor Productivity in Britain and America During the Nineteenth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
11. Labour Productivity in the US and the UK During the 19th Century
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
12. The Rise of U.S. Antidumping Actions in Historical Perspective
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2003

13. Airbus versus Boeing Revisited: International Competition in the Aircraft Market
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2004)
14. Causing Problems? The WTO Review of Causation and Injury Attribution in U.S. Section 201 Cases
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in World Trade Review (2003)
15. The Aftermath of Hamilton's "Report on Manufactures"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
16. Trade Disruptions and America's Early Industrialization
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2002

17. Did Import Substitution Promote Growth in the Late Nineteenth Century?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
18. Interpreting the Tariff-Growth Correlation of the Late Nineteenth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2001

19. The Optimal Tax on Antebellum U.S. Cotton Exports
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2003)
20. The Welfare Cost of Autarky: Evidence from the Jeffersonian Trade Embargo, 1807-1809
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of International Economics (2005)

2000

21. Could the U.S. Iron Industry Have Survived Free Trade After the Civil War?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
22. Does Trade Raise Income? Evidence from the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2002)
23. How Did the United States Become a Net Exporter of Manufactured Goods?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
24. Ohlin Versus Stolper-Samuelson?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
25. Tariffs and Growth in Late Nineteenth Century America
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The World Economy (2001)
26. The Antebellum Tariff on Cotton Textiles Revisited
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2001)

1999

27. Is Globalization Today Really Different than Globalization a Hunderd Years Ago?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1997

28. From Smoot-Hawley to Reciprocal Trade Agreements: Changing the Course of U.S. Trade Policy in the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1998)
29. Higher Tariffs, Lower Revenues? Analyzing the Fiscal Aspects of the "Great Tariff Debate of 1888"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1998)
30. Interests, Institutions, and Ideology in the Republican Conversion to Trade Liberalization, 1934-1945
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State (1997)

1996

31. Changes in U.S. Tariffs: Prices or Policies?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
32. Log-Rolling and Economic Interests in the Passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
    University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1996)
33. The Role of History in Bilateral Trade Flows
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1998)
34. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff: A Quantitative Assessment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1998)

1995

35. Industry or Class Cleavages over Trade Policy? Evidence from the BritishGeneral Election of 1923
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1994

36. High Tech R&D Subsidies: Estimating the Effects of Sematech
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1996)
37. The GATT's Contribution to Economic Recovery in Post-War Western Europe
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1993) View citations
38. The New Protectionism in Industrial Countries: Beyond the Uruguay Round
    IMF Policy Discussion Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations
39. Trade Politics and the Semi-conductor Industry
    University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations

1993

40. Trade Blocs, Currency Blocs and the Disintegration of World Trade in the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1993) View citations

1990

41. Free trade at risk? An historical perspective
    International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
42. Mercantilism as strategic trade policy: the Anglo-Dutch rivalry for the East India trade
    International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1991)
43. Three-factor general equilibrium models: a dual, geometric approach
    International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Antebellum Tariff Politics: Regional Coalitions and Shifting Economic Interests
   Journal of Law & Economics, 2008, 51, (4), 715-741
2. Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services (DS 285)
   World Trade Review, 2008, 7, (01), 71-113
3. Real Product and Productivity of Industries since the Nineteenth Century: A Reply to Bryan Haig
   The Economic Record, 2008, 84, (267), 515-516
4. The antebellum U.S. iron industry: Domestic production and foreign competition
   Explorations in Economic History, 2008, 45, (3), 254-269
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

5. Lost Exceptionalism? Comparative Income and Productivity in Australia and the UK, 1861-1948*
   The Economic Record, 2007, 83, (262), 262-274 View citations
6. THE THIRD NOEL BUTLIN LECTURE: AUSTRALIAN EXCEPTIONALISM REVISITED
   Australian Economic History Review, 2007, 47, (3), 217-237
7. Tariff Incidence in America's Gilded Age
   The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (03), 582-607 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

8. Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton Oxford University Press, New York, 2005
   World Trade Review, 2006, 5, (03), 489-491
9. Labor productivity in the United States and the United Kingdom during the nineteenth century
   Explorations in Economic History, 2006, 43, (2), 257-279 View citations
10. Shifts in economic geography and their causes: commentary
    Proceedings, 2006, 41-48
11. The Impact of Federation on Australia's Trade Flows
    The Economic Record, 2006, 82, (258), 315-324
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

12. The Rise of US Anti-dumping Activity in Historical Perspective
    The World Economy, 2005, 28, (5), 651-668 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)
13. The Welfare Cost of Autarky: Evidence from the Jeffersonian Trade Embargo, 1807-09
    Review of International Economics, 2005, 13, (4), 631-645
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2004

14. Airbus versus Boeing revisited: international competition in the aircraft market
    Journal of International Economics, 2004, 64, (2), 223-245 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
15. Encyclopedia of Tariffs and Trade in U.S. History. Vol. 1: The Encyclopedia. Vol. 2: Debating the Issues: Selected Primary Documents. Vol. 3: The Texts of the Tariffs. Edited by Cynthia C. Northrup and Elaine C. Prange Turney. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. $300.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (01), 275-275
16. The Aftermath of Hamilton's
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (03), 800-821

2003

17. A World Without Walls: Freedom, Development, Free Trade, and Global Governance by Mike Moore Cambridge University Press, 2003
    World Trade Review, 2003, 2, (02), 251-254
18. Causing problems? The WTO review of causation and injury attribution in US Section 201 cases
    World Trade Review, 2003, 2, (03), 297-325 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
19. Explaining America's Surge in Manufactured Exports, 1880-1913
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (2), 364-376 View citations
20. New Estimates of the Average Tariff of the United States, 1790 1820
    The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (02), 506-513 View citations
21. The optimal tax on antebellum US cotton exports
    Journal of International Economics, 2003, 60, (2), 275-291 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2002

22. Does trade raise income?: Evidence from the twentieth century
    Journal of International Economics, 2002, 58, (1), 1-18 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
23. International Trade and Political Institutions: Instituting Trade in the Long Nineteenth Century by Fiona McGillivray, Iain McLean, Robert Pahre and Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2001, 242 pp
    World Trade Review, 2002, 1, (02), 223-231
24. Interpreting the Tariff–Growth Correlation of the Late 19th Century
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 165-169 View citations
25. Long-run trends in world trade and income
    World Trade Review, 2002, 1, (01), 89-100 View citations

2001

26. THE ANTEBELLUM TARIFF ON COTTON TEXTILES REVISITED
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (03), 777-798 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
27. Tariffs and Growth in Late Nineteenth Century America
    The World Economy, 2001, 24, (1), 15-30 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

28. Could the United States Iron Industry Have Survived Free Trade after the Civil War?
    Explorations in Economic History, 2000, 37, (3), 278-299 View citations
29. Did Late-Nineteenth-Century U S. Tarriffs Promote Infant Industries? Evidence From the Tinplate Industry
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (02), 335-360
30. Factors driving global economic integration: commentary
    Proceedings, 2000, 57-64

1999

31. Free Trade, Free World: The Advent of GATT. By Thomas W. Zeiler. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 288. $39.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (02), 555-556
32. Interests, Institutions, and Ideology in Securing Policy Change: The Republican Conversion to Trade Liberalization after Smoot-Hawley
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1999, 42, (2), 643-73 View citations

1998

33. Change in U.S. Tariffs: The Role of Import Prices and Commercial Policies
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (4), 1015-26
34. Higher Tariffs, Lower Revenues? Analyzing the Fiscal Aspects of ?The Great Tariff Debate of 1888?
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (01), 59-72 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
35. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff: A Quantitative Assessment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1998, 80, (2), 326-334
    See also Working Paper (1996)
36. Trade Protection in the United States. By Charles K. Rowley, Willem Thorbecke, and Richard E. Wagner. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Edward E. Elgar, 1995. Pp. xiii, 348. $90.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (01), 263-264

1997

37. American Trade Policy, 1923?1995. By Edward S. Kaplan. Contributions in Economics and Economic History, No. 172. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. Pp. x, 176. $55.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1997, 57, (01), 252-253
38. Profile Jagdish Bhagwati
    Review of International Economics, 1997, 5, (4), 508-15 View citations
39. Trade and the American Dream: A Social History of Postwar Trade Policy. By Susan A. Aaronson. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1996. Pp. xvii, 262. $45.00, cloth; $15.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1997, 57, (02), 565-566

1996

40. High-tech R&D subsidies Estimating the effects of Sematech
    Journal of International Economics, 1996, 40, (3-4), 323-344 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
41. Log-rolling and economic interests in the passage of the Smoot-Hawley tariff
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1996, 45, (1), 173-200 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
42. The United States in a New Global Economy? A Century's Perspective
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 41-46 View citations

1995

43. The GATT in Historical Perspective
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (2), 323-28 View citations
44. The lion's share: Britain's export performance revisited, 1899-1929
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1995, 6, (1), 97-109
45. Trade blocs, currency blocs and the reorientation of world trade in the 1930s
    Journal of International Economics, 1995, 38, (1-2), 1-24 View citations

1994

46. Learning-by-Doing Spillovers in the Semiconductor Industry
    Journal of Political Economy, 1994, 102, (6), 1200-1227 View citations
47. The Political Economy of Free Trade: Voting in the British General Election of 1906
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1994, 37, (1), 75-108

1993

48. Free Trade and Protection in Nineteenth-Century Britain and France Revisited: A Comment on Nye
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (01), 146-152 View citations

1992

49. Strategic Trade Policy and Mercantilist Trade Rivalries
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (2), 134-39

1991

50. Challenges to Free Trade
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (2), 201-08
51. Mercantilism as Strategic Trade Policy: The Anglo-Dutch Rivalry for the East India Trade
    Journal of Political Economy, 1991, 99, (6), 1296-314 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)
52. Terms of Trade and Economic Growth in Nineteenth Century Britain
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1991, 43, (1), 93-101
53. Was Britain immiserized during the industrial revolution?
    Explorations in Economic History, 1991, 28, (1), 121-124

1990

54. Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments. By Ronald Rogowski. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi, 208. $24.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (02), 509-510
55. Power, protection and free trade: International sources of U.S. commercial strategy, 1887-1939: David A. Lake, (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1989) pp. xi+242, $29.95
    Journal of International Economics, 1990, 29, (3-4), 390-392

1988

56. The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Reform
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1988, 15, (4), 349-66 View citations
57. Welfare Effects of British Free Trade: Debate and Evidence from the 1840s
    Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 96, (6), 1142-64 View citations

Edited books

1996

1. Political Economy And International Economics: Jagdish Bhagwati, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press
2. The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Papers in Honor of Jagdish Bhagwati, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

Chapters

1998

1. From Smoot-Hawley to Reciprocal Trade Agreements: Changing the Course of U.S. Trade Policy in the 1930s
   A chapter in The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century, 1998, pp 325-352
   See also Working Paper (1997)
2. The Role of History in Bilateral Trade Flows
   A chapter in The Regionalization of the World Economy, 1998, pp 33-62 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

3. The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Trade Conflict
   A chapter in The Political Economy of Trade Protection, 1996, pp 5-14 View citations
4. Trade Policies and the Semiconductor Industry
   A chapter in The Political Economy of American Trade Policy, 1996, pp 11-72