Public Policy at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | University of Toronto

Bio
Dan Trefler has degrees in economics from the University of Toronto (B.A.), Cambridge University (M.Phil.), and UCLA (Ph.D.). He is a Chaired Professor at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is currently a Research Fellow both at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He is co-editor of the Journal of International Economics as well as the Journal of Economic Literature, and recipient of numerous awards, including the Canadian Economics Association’s Innis award “in recognition of contributions to economics in the broad sense” and the McDonald Award for contributions to early childhood research and advocacy. On the policy front, he is a member of both the Ontario Government’s Task Force on Competitiveness and the C.D. Howe’s International Economic Policy Council. Most recently he oversaw the economic research that backstopped the CETA negotiations. Trefler’s research centers on the impact of international trade on innovation, employment, earnings, and domestic institutions. His current research focuses on the domestic and international levers for promoting competitiveness and broad-based prosperity.