2026 Daniel Trefler: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	37	2606	2358	71	62	72	11548

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

1543
Citations
Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-level Productivity…For Some Plants

Alla Lileeva;Daniel Trefler

1395
Citations
The Long and Short of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

Daniel Trefler

1152
Citations
Trade Liberalization and the Theory of Endogenous Protection: An Econometric Study of U.S. Import Policy

Daniel Trefler

977
Citations
International Factor Price Differences: Leontief was Right!

Daniel Trefler

977
Citations
Increasing Returns and All That: A View From Trade

Werner Antweiler;Daniel Trefler

536
Citations
Trade and inequality in developing countries: a general equilibrium analysis

Susan Chun Zhu;Daniel Trefler;Daniel Trefler

439
Citations
Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage

Nathan Nunn;Daniel Trefler

406
Citations
The structure of factor content predictions

Daniel Trefler;Daniel Trefler;Susan Chun Zhu

349
Citations
Gains from Trade When Firms Matter

Marc J. Melitz;Daniel Trefler

308
Citations
The boundaries of the multinational firm: an empirical analysis

Nathan Nunn;Daniel Trefler;Elhanan Helpman;Dalia Marin

273
Citations
Much Ado About Nothing: American Jobs and the Rise of Service Outsourcing to China and India

Runjuan Liu;Daniel Trefler

233
Citations
International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice’s Response to Globalization

Diego Puga;Daniel Trefler

217
Citations
Incomplete contracts and the boundaries of the multinational firm

Nathan Nunn;Daniel Trefler

200
Citations
Sorting It Out: International Trade with Heterogeneous Workers

Franziska Ohnsorge;Daniel Trefler

181
Citations
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

181
Citations
Union wage sensitivity to trade and protection: Theory and evidence

Noel Gaston;Daniel Trefler;Daniel Trefler

173
Citations
The Gains from Trade with Monopolistic Competition: Specification, Estimation, and Mis-Specification

Huiwen Lai;Daniel Trefler

149
Citations
PROTECTION, TRADE, AND WAGES: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. MANUFACTURING

Noel Gaston;Daniel Trefler

148
Citations
The Labour Market Consequences of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

Noel Gaston;Daniel Trefler

143
Citations
The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries: Reply

Daniel Trefler

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego Puga Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros

Avner Greif Stanford University

Elhanan Helpman Harvard University

Marc J. Melitz Harvard University

Thierry Verdier Paris School of Economics

External Links

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