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Daniel Trefler

Daniel Trefler

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
37
Citations
11548
World Ranking
2606
National Ranking
71

Daniel Trefler publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel Trefler sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 72 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Daniel Trefler D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel Trefler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council

Overview

Daniel Trefler is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work spans various subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Demography, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Global trade and economics
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Innovation Policy and R&D

Recent publications by Daniel Trefler highlight a focus on labor markets, trade, innovation, and technology. Selected papers include:

  • "Outside Options, Coercion, and Wages: Removing the Sugar Coating" (2020) published in The Economic Journal
  • "The Impact of AI and Cross-Border Data Regulation on International Trade in Digital Services: A Large Language Model" (2023) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "How do endowments determine trade? quantifying the output mix, factor price, and skill-biased technology channels" (2022) in Journal of International Economics
  • "What's the big idea? Multi-function products, firm scope and firm boundaries" (2020) in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • "Looking Backward, Innovating Forward: A Theory of Competitive Cascades" (2022) in SSRN Electronic Journal

Their research has been published predominantly in the SSRN Electronic Journal, where five papers have appeared. Other notable venues include The Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, and EAER International Conference Proceedings.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Daniel Trefler are:

  • Ruiqi Sun
  • Kevin Lim
  • Christian Dippel
  • Avner Greif
  • Peter Morrow

In recognition of their academic contributions, Daniel Trefler received the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize from the Canada Council in 2016.

Best Publications

  • The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries

    Daniel Trefler

  • Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-level Productivity…For Some Plants

    Alla Lileeva;Daniel Trefler

  • The Long and Short of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

    Daniel Trefler

  • Trade Liberalization and the Theory of Endogenous Protection: An Econometric Study of U.S. Import Policy

    Daniel Trefler

  • International Factor Price Differences: Leontief was Right!

    Daniel Trefler

  • Increasing Returns and All That: A View From Trade

    Werner Antweiler;Daniel Trefler

  • Trade and inequality in developing countries: a general equilibrium analysis

    Susan Chun Zhu;Daniel Trefler;Daniel Trefler

  • Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage

    Nathan Nunn;Daniel Trefler

  • The structure of factor content predictions

    Daniel Trefler;Daniel Trefler;Susan Chun Zhu

  • Gains from Trade When Firms Matter

    Marc J. Melitz;Daniel Trefler

  • The boundaries of the multinational firm: an empirical analysis

    Nathan Nunn;Daniel Trefler;Elhanan Helpman;Dalia Marin

  • Much Ado About Nothing: American Jobs and the Rise of Service Outsourcing to China and India

    Runjuan Liu;Daniel Trefler

  • International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice’s Response to Globalization

    Diego Puga;Daniel Trefler

  • Incomplete contracts and the boundaries of the multinational firm

    Nathan Nunn;Daniel Trefler

  • Sorting It Out: International Trade with Heterogeneous Workers

    Franziska Ohnsorge;Daniel Trefler

  • Wake Up and Smell the Ginseng: International Trade and the Rise of Incremental Innovation in Low-Wage Countries

    Diego Puga;Diego Puga;Diego Puga;Daniel Trefler;Daniel Trefler;Daniel Trefler

  • Union wage sensitivity to trade and protection: Theory and evidence

    Noel Gaston;Daniel Trefler;Daniel Trefler

  • The Gains from Trade with Monopolistic Competition: Specification, Estimation, and Mis-Specification

    Huiwen Lai;Daniel Trefler

  • PROTECTION, TRADE, AND WAGES: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. MANUFACTURING

    Noel Gaston;Daniel Trefler

  • The Labour Market Consequences of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

    Noel Gaston;Daniel Trefler

  • The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries: Reply

    Daniel Trefler

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego Puga
Diego Puga Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros
Avner Greif
Avner Greif Stanford University
Avi Goldfarb
Avi Goldfarb University of Toronto
Elhanan Helpman
Elhanan Helpman Harvard University
Marc J. Melitz
Marc J. Melitz Harvard University
Thierry Verdier
Thierry Verdier Paris School of Economics

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