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

2012

1. The Nixon Shock after Forty Years: The Import Surcharge Revisited
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2011

2. Anticipating the Great Depression? Gustav Cassel’s Analysis of the Interwar Gold Standard
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Coping with Shocks and Shifts: The Multilateral Trading System in Historical Perspective
   Oxford University Economic and Social History Series, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford View citations (6)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (6)
   The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series, IIIS
   See also Chapter (2012)
4. Gold Sterilization and the Recession of 1937-38
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2010

5. Did France Cause the Great Depression?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2009

6. Revenue or Reciprocity? Founding Feuds over Early U.S. Trade Policy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2010)
7. The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression: Who Succumbed and Why?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2010)

2008

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

2007

9. 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)
10. Trade Restrictiveness and Deadweight Losses from U.S. Tariffs, 1859-1961
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2006

11. Antebellum Tariff Politics: Coalition Formation and Shifting Regional Interests
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
12. Tariff Incidence in America's Gilded Age
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2007)
13. 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

14. The Rise of U.S. Antidumping Activity in Historical Perspective
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in The World Economy (2005)

2004

15. Labor Productivity in Britain and America During the Nineteenth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
16. Labour Productivity in the US and the UK During the 19th Century
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
17. The Rise of U.S. Antidumping Actions in Historical Perspective
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2003

18. 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) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2004)
19. 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 (3)
    See also Journal Article in World Trade Review (2003)
20. The Aftermath of Hamilton's "Report on Manufactures"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
21. Trade Disruptions and America's Early Industrialization
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2002

22. Did Import Substitution Promote Growth in the Late Nineteenth Century?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
23. Interpreting the Tariff-Growth Correlation of the Late Nineteenth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

2001

24. The Optimal Tax on Antebellum U.S. Cotton Exports
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2003)
25. The Welfare Cost of Autarky: Evidence from the Jeffersonian Trade Embargo, 1807-1809
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2000

26. Could the U.S. Iron Industry Have Survived Free Trade After the Civil War?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
27. Does Trade Raise Income? Evidence from the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (57)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2002)
28. How Did the United States Become a Net Exporter of Manufactured Goods?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
29. Ohlin Versus Stolper-Samuelson?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
30. Tariffs and Growth in Late Nineteenth Century America
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in The World Economy (2001)
31. The Antebellum Tariff on Cotton Textiles Revisited
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2001)

1999

32. Is Globalization Today Really Different than Globalization a Hunderd Years Ago?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (57)

1997

33. 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
    See also Chapter (1998)
34. 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 (7)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1998)
35. Interests, Institutions, and Ideology in the Republican Conversion to Trade Liberalization, 1934-1945
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    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

36. Changes in U.S. Tariffs: Prices or Policies?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
37. 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 (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1996)
38. The Role of History in Bilateral Trade Flows
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
    See also Chapter (1998)
39. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff: A Quantitative Assessment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1998)

1995

40. 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 (3)

1994

41. High Tech R&D Subsidies: Estimating the Effects of Sematech
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1996)
42. 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 (3)
43. 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 (6)

1993

44. Trade Blocs, Currency Blocs and the Disintegration of World Trade in the 1930s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1993) View citations (2)

1990

45. Free trade at risk? An historical perspective
    International Finance Discussion Papers, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
46. 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)
47. 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

2011

1. So Great a Profit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism. By James R. Fichter. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. Pp. 384. $35.00, hardcover
   The Journal of Economic History, 2011, 71, (02), 547-548

2010

2. The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression: Who Succumbed and Why?
   The Journal of Economic History, 2010, 70, (04), 871-897 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
3. Trade Restrictiveness and Deadweight Losses from US Tariffs
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2010, 2, (3), 111-33 View citations (2)

2008

4. Antebellum Tariff Politics: Regional Coalitions and Shifting Economic Interests
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2008, 51, (4), 715-741
5. Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services (DS 285)
   World Trade Review, 2008, 7, (01), 71-113
6. Real Product and Productivity of Industries since the Nineteenth Century: A Reply to Bryan Haig
   The Economic Record, 2008, 84, (267), 515-516
7. 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

8. Lost Exceptionalism? Comparative Income and Productivity in Australia and the UK, 1861-1948*
   The Economic Record, 2007, 83, (262), 262-274 View citations (5)
9. THE THIRD NOEL BUTLIN LECTURE: AUSTRALIAN EXCEPTIONALISM REVISITED
   Australian Economic History Review, 2007, 47, (3), 217-237
10. Tariff Incidence in America's Gilded Age
    The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (03), 582-607 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

11. 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
12. 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)
13. Shifts in economic geography and their causes: commentary
    Proceedings, 2006, 41-48
14. The Impact of Federation on Australia's Trade Flows
    The Economic Record, 2006, 82, (258), 315-324
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

15. The Rise of US Anti-dumping Activity in Historical Perspective
    The World Economy, 2005, 28, (5), 651-668 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
16. The Welfare Cost of Autarky: Evidence from the Jeffersonian Trade Embargo, 1807-09
    Review of International Economics, 2005, 13, (4), 631-645 View citations (1)

2004

17. Airbus versus Boeing revisited: international competition in the aircraft market
    Journal of International Economics, 2004, 64, (2), 223-245 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
18. 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
19. The Aftermath of Hamilton's
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (03), 800-821

2003

20. 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
21. 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 (1)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
22. Explaining America's Surge in Manufactured Exports, 1880-1913
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (2), 364-376 View citations (2)
23. New Estimates of the Average Tariff of the United States, 1790 1820
    The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (02), 506-513 View citations (3)
24. The optimal tax on antebellum US cotton exports
    Journal of International Economics, 2003, 60, (2), 275-291 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2002

25. Does trade raise income?: Evidence from the twentieth century
    Journal of International Economics, 2002, 58, (1), 1-18 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
26. 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
27. Interpreting the Tariff–Growth Correlation of the Late 19th Century
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 165-169 View citations (4)
28. Long-run trends in world trade and income
    World Trade Review, 2002, 1, (01), 89-100 View citations (4)

2001

29. THE ANTEBELLUM TARIFF ON COTTON TEXTILES REVISITED
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (03), 777-798 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
30. Tariffs and Growth in Late Nineteenth Century America
    The World Economy, 2001, 24, (1), 15-30 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

31. Andrea Maneschi, Comparative Advantage in International Trade: A Historical Perspective (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 1998), pp. x, 258, ISBN 1-85898-300-2
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2000, 22, (04), 515-516
32. 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 (1)
33. 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 View citations (6)
34. Factors driving global economic integration: commentary
    Proceedings, 2000, 57-64

1999

35. 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
36. Interests, Institutions, and Ideology in Securing Policy Change: The Republican Conversion to Trade Liberalization after Smoot-Hawley
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1999, 42, (2), 643-73 View citations (9)

1998

37. Change in U.S. Tariffs: The Role of Import Prices and Commercial Policies
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (4), 1015-26 View citations (5)
38. 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
    See also Working Paper (1997)
39. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff: A Quantitative Assessment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1998, 80, (2), 326-334 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1996)
40. 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

41. 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
42. Profile Jagdish Bhagwati
    Review of International Economics, 1997, 5, (4), 508-15 View citations (1)
43. 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

44. High-tech R&D subsidies Estimating the effects of Sematech
    Journal of International Economics, 1996, 40, (3-4), 323-344 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (1994)
45. 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 (5)
    See also Working Paper (1996)
46. The United States in a New Global Economy? A Century's Perspective
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 41-46 View citations (19)

1995

47. The GATT in Historical Perspective
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (2), 323-28 View citations (11)
48. The lion's share: Britain's export performance revisited, 1899-1929
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1995, 6, (1), 97-109
49. 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 (40)

1994

50. Learning-by-Doing Spillovers in the Semiconductor Industry
    Journal of Political Economy, 1994, 102, (6), 1200-1227 View citations (128)
51. The Political Economy of Free Trade: Voting in the British General Election of 1906
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1994, 37, (1), 75-108 View citations (6)

1993

52. 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 (8)

1992

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

1991

54. 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 (9)
    See also Working Paper (1990)
55. Retrospectives: Challenges to Free Trade
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (2), 201-208 View citations (1)
56. Terms of Trade and Economic Growth in Nineteenth Century Britain
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1991, 43, (1), 93-101
57. Was Britain immiserized during the industrial revolution?
    Explorations in Economic History, 1991, 28, (1), 121-124

1990

58. 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 View citations (1)
59. 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

1989

60. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PEEL'S REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS
    Economics and Politics, 1989, 1, (1), 41-59 View citations (5)

1988

61. The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Reform
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1988, 15, (4), 349-66 View citations (2)
62. Welfare Effects of British Free Trade: Debate and Evidence from the 1840s
    Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 96, (6), 1142-64 View citations (13)

Books

2011

1. Trade Policy Disaster, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

2010

2. Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

Edited books

1996

1. Political Economy And International Economics: Jagdish Bhagwati, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (1)
2. The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Papers in Honor of Jagdish Bhagwati, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (18)

Chapters

2012

1. Coping with Shocks and Shifts: The Multilateral Trading System in Historical Perspective
   A chapter in Globalization in an Age of Crisis: Multilateral Economic Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century, 2012 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2010

2. Revenue or Reciprocity? Founding Feuds over Early U.S. Trade Policy
   A chapter in Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s, 2010, pp 89-120
   See also Working Paper (2009)
3. The Significance of the Founding Choices: Editors’ Introduction
   A chapter in Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s, 2010, pp 1-21

1998

4. 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 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (1997)
5. The Role of History in Bilateral Trade Flows
   A chapter in The Regionalization of the World Economy, 1998, pp 33-62 View citations (48)
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

6. The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Trade Conflict
   A chapter in The Political Economy of Trade Protection, 1996, pp 5-14 View citations (1)
7. Trade Policies and the Semiconductor Industry
   A chapter in The Political Economy of American Trade Policy, 1996, pp 11-72