12 Facts About Daniel Trefler

Daniel Trefler was born on 1959 and is a Canadian economist who is currently the J Douglas and Ruth Grant Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

Daniel Trefler is among the most influential and frequently cited economists worldwide.

Daniel Trefler spent the two years from 1994 to 1996 at the University of Chicago, before deciding to return home permanently to Toronto to serve as a professor at the Rotman School in the University of Toronto.

Daniel Trefler's work has provided academics, policymakers, and business leaders with invaluable observations on economic issues facing Canada and nations worldwide.

Daniel Trefler's studies have brought deep insights into how international trade can fundamentally alter societal institutions: for example, how changes in the relative power of special interest groups can impact innovation, constitutional arrangements, worker rights, and the distribution of wealth.

Daniel Trefler is renowned for his ground-breaking contributions to public policy formation in Canada, and he has been given full scope to pursue his many policy initiatives, including in the Ontario Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress, as well as in Global Affairs Canada.

Daniel Trefler's research has been instrumental in the design of trade agreements that promote productivity, innovation, and investment while minimizing harmful effects on workers.

Daniel Trefler gives public lectures and seminars across the world, including at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Yale, LSE and Peking University.

Daniel Trefler makes frequent media appearances within Canada and abroad, including a term as an invited columnist at The Globe and Mail.

Daniel Trefler was a long-standing co-editor at the Journal of International Economics, the top-ranked journal in his field, and served on the Editorial Board of the American Economic Association's Journal of Economic Literature.

Daniel Trefler has received all three major awards of the Canadian Economics Association: the Harry Johnson Prize, John Rae Prize, and the Innis Lecture, the latter of which is awarded in recognition of contributions to economics in the broadest sense.

Daniel Trefler is the recipient of the Bank of Canada Fellowship Award and was the 2011 Ohlin Lecture, the most internationally celebrated lecture in his core field of international economics.