Details about Daniel Trefler

Homepage:	http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~dtrefler/
Workplace:	Department of Economics, University of Toronto, (more information at EDIRC) Business Economics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, (more information at EDIRC) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. The Impact of AI and Cross-Border Data Regulation on International Trade in Digital Services: A Large Language Model
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2022

2. AI, Trade and Creative Destruction: A First Look
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
3. Looking Backward, Innovating Forward: A Theory of Competitive Cascades
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

4. What's the Big Idea? Multi-Function Products, Firm Scope and Firm Boundaries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article What’s the big idea? Multi-function products, firm scope and firm boundaries, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2018

5. AI and International Trade
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)

2017

6. Endowments, Skill-Biased Technology, and Factor Prices: A Unified Approach to Trade
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)

2016

7. Capabilities, wealth, and trade
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (40)
   See also Journal Article Capabilities, Wealth, and Trade, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (51) (2016)

2015

8. Outside Options, Coercion, and Wages: Removing the Sugar Coating
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Outside Options, Coercion, and Wages: Removing the Sugar Coating, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2013

9. Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
   See also Chapter Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage, Handbook of International Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (121) (2014)
10. Incomplete contracts and the boundaries of the multinational firm
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (99)
    See also Journal Article Incomplete contracts and the boundaries of the multinational firm, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2013) View citations (109) (2013)
11. International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice’s Response to Globalization
    Working Papers, CEMFI View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (7)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice’s Response to Globalization, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2014) View citations (69) (2014)

2012

12. Gains from Trade When Firms Matter
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (196)
    See also Journal Article Gains from Trade When Firms Matter, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (197) (2012)

2011

13. A Sorted Tale of Globalization: White Collar Jobs and the Rise of Service Offshoring
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (48)
    See also Journal Article A sorted tale of globalization: White collar jobs and the rise of service offshoring, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (25) (2019)
    Chapter A Sorted Tale of Globalization: White Collar Jobs and the Rise of Service Offshoring, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) (2017)
14. Deductions from the Export Basket: Capabilities, Wealth and Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)

2010

15. The Structure of Tariffs and Long-Term Growth
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (39)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2010) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article The Structure of Tariffs and Long-Term Growth, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (38) (2010)

2009

16. Wake up and smell the ginseng: International trade and the rise of incremental innovation in low-wage countries
    Working Papers, Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA) Ciencias Sociales
    Also in Development Working Papers, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano (2007) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Wake up and smell the ginseng: International trade and the rise of incremental innovation in low-wage countries, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (95) (2010)

2008

17. Much Ado About Nothing: American Jobs and the Rise of Service Outsourcing to China and India
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (129)

2007

18. Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-Level Productivity... for Some Plants
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (152)

2006

19. Putting the Lid on Lobbying: Tariff Structure and Long-Term Growth when Protection is for Sale
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
20. The Long and Short of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
    STICERD - Economics of Industry Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (14)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article The Long and Short of the Canada-U. S. Free Trade Agreement, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (506) (2004)

2005

21. The Structure of Factor Content Predictions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article The structure of factor content predictions, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (117) (2010)
22. Wake Up and Smell the Ginseng: The Rise of Incremental Innovation in Low-Wage Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (15)
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (12)

2004

23. Sorting It Out: International Trade and Protection With Heterogeneous Workers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
24. Trade and Inequality in Developing Countries: An Empirical Assessment
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)

2002

25. Knowledge Creation and Control in Organizations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2002) View citations (27)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (29)
26. The Gains from Trade with Monopolistic Competition: Specification, Estimation, and Mis-Specification
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (108)

2001

27. Ginis in General Equilibrium: Trade, Technology and Southern Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)

2000

28. Increasing Returns and All That: A View From Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article Increasing Returns and All That: A View from Trade, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2002) View citations (175) (2002)

1997

29. Immigrants and Natives in General Equilibrium Trade Models
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)

Journal Articles

2022

1. How do endowments determine trade? quantifying the output mix, factor price, and skill-biased technology channels
   Journal of International Economics, 2022, 137, (C) View citations (1)

2020

2. Outside Options, Coercion, and Wages: Removing the Sugar Coating
   The Economic Journal, 2020, 130, (630), 1678-1714 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Outside Options, Coercion, and Wages: Removing the Sugar Coating, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
3. What’s the big idea? Multi-function products, firm scope and firm boundaries
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 180, (C), 381-406 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper What's the Big Idea? Multi-Function Products, Firm Scope and Firm Boundaries, NBER Working Papers (2019) (2019)

2019

4. A sorted tale of globalization: White collar jobs and the rise of service offshoring
   Journal of International Economics, 2019, 118, (C), 105-122 View citations (25)
   See also Chapter A Sorted Tale of Globalization: White Collar Jobs and the Rise of Service Offshoring, NBER Chapters, 2017 (2017) (2017)
   Working Paper A Sorted Tale of Globalization: White Collar Jobs and the Rise of Service Offshoring, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (48) (2011)
5. Implications of Canada’s restrictive FDI policies on employment and productivity
   Journal of International Business Policy, 2019, 2, (2), 142-166
6. The China-OECD trade divide: building bridges
   China Economic Journal, 2019, 12, (2), 195-207

2016

7. Capabilities, Wealth, and Trade
   Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124, (3), 826 - 878 View citations (51)
   See also Working Paper Capabilities, wealth, and trade, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2016) View citations (40) (2016)

2014

8. International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice’s Response to Globalization
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129, (2), 753-821 View citations (69)
   See also Working Paper International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice’s Response to Globalization, Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2013

9. Incomplete contracts and the boundaries of the multinational firm
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 94, (C), 330-344 View citations (109)
   See also Working Paper Incomplete contracts and the boundaries of the multinational firm, Scholarly Articles (2013) View citations (99) (2013)

2012

10. Gains from Trade When Firms Matter
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012, 26, (2), 91-118 View citations (197)
    See also Working Paper Gains from Trade When Firms Matter, Scholarly Articles (2012) View citations (196) (2012)

2010

11. Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-level Productivity…For Some Plants
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125, (3), 1051-1099 View citations (603)
12. The Structure of Tariffs and Long-Term Growth
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2, (4), 158-94 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper The Structure of Tariffs and Long-Term Growth, Scholarly Articles (2010) View citations (39) (2010)
13. The structure of factor content predictions
    Journal of International Economics, 2010, 82, (2), 195-207 View citations (117)
    See also Working Paper The Structure of Factor Content Predictions, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (24) (2005)
14. Wake up and smell the ginseng: International trade and the rise of incremental innovation in low-wage countries
    Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91, (1), 64-76 View citations (95)
    See also Working Paper Wake up and smell the ginseng: International trade and the rise of incremental innovation in low-wage countries, Working Papers (2009) (2009)

2008

15. Innis Lecture: Canadian policies for broad-based prosperity
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2008, 41, (4), 1156-1184
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2008, 41, (4), 1156-1184 (2008)

2007

16. Sorting It Out: International Trade with Heterogeneous Workers
    Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 115, (5), 868-892 View citations (131)

2005

17. Trade and inequality in developing countries: a general equilibrium analysis
    Journal of International Economics, 2005, 65, (1), 21-48 View citations (216)

2004

18. The Long and Short of the Canada-U. S. Free Trade Agreement
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (4), 870-895 View citations (506)
    See also Working Paper The Long and Short of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, STICERD - Economics of Industry Papers (2006) View citations (14) (2006)

2002

19. Increasing Returns and All That: A View from Trade
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 93-119 View citations (175)
    See also Working Paper Increasing Returns and All That: A View From Trade, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (45) (2000)
20. The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries: Reply
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 405-410 View citations (5)

2000

21. Beyond the Algebra of Explanation: HOV for the Technology Age
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 145-149 View citations (27)

1999

22. AN INTERVIEW WITH ELHANAN HELPMAN
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1999, 3, (4), 571-601 View citations (1)
23. Bargaining with asymmetric information in non-stationary markets
    Economic Theory, 1999, 13, (3), 577-601 View citations (1)

1997

24. The Labour Market Consequences of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1997, 30, (1), 18-41 View citations (68)

1995

25. The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (5), 1029-46 View citations (503)
26. Union wage sensitivity to trade and protection: Theory and evidence
    Journal of International Economics, 1995, 39, (1-2), 1-25 View citations (72)

1994

27. Protection, Trade, and Wages: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing
    ILR Review, 1994, 47, (4), 574-593 View citations (79)
28. The Role of International Trade and Trade Policy in the Labour Markets of Canada and the United States
    The World Economy, 1994, 17, (1), 45-62 View citations (11)

1993

29. International Factor Price Differences: Leontief Was Right!
    Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 101, (6), 961-87 View citations (350)
30. The Ignorant Monopolist: Optimal Learning with Endogenous Information
    International Economic Review, 1993, 34, (3), 565-81 View citations (23)
31. Trade Liberalization and the Theory of Endogenous Protection: An Econometric Study of U.S. Import Policy
    Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 101, (1), 138-60 View citations (412)

Chapters

2024

1. Elhanan Helpman (1946–)
   Springer

2018

2. Artificial Intelligence and International Trade
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, 2018, pp 463-492 View citations (10)

2017

3. A Sorted Tale of Globalization: White Collar Jobs and the Rise of Service Offshoring
   A chapter in Trade and Labor Markets, 2017
   See also Working Paper A Sorted Tale of Globalization: White Collar Jobs and the Rise of Service Offshoring, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (48) (2011)
   Journal Article A sorted tale of globalization: White collar jobs and the rise of service offshoring, Elsevier (2019) View citations (25) (2019)

2014

4. Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage
   Elsevier View citations (121)
   See also Working Paper Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (33) (2013)