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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

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Daniel Trefler
Professor
Daniel Trefler
Employment in the Department
1997 –  
Professor
1996 – 1997
Associate Professor
1990 – 1996
Assistant Professor
Education
1989
Ph.D. UCLA
Research Fields
International economics, Economic development, Technology and productivity
Selected Publications
International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice's Response to Globalization

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014
Diego Puga and Daniel Trefler

Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage

Elsevier, 2013
Nathan Nunn and Daniel Trefler

Gains From Trade When Firms Matter

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012
Marc Melitz and Daniel Trefler

Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-Level Productivity … for Some Plants

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010
Alla Lileeva and Daniel Trefler

Honors and Awards
2016
Bank of Canada Fellowship Award
2016
Killam Prize in the Social Sciences
2011
Ohlin Lectures, Stockholm School of Economics
2003
J. Douglas and Ruth Grant Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity.
2003
Member, Ontario Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic progress
1999
Canadian Pacific Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research