Matthew Jon Slaughter

Global FDI Policy

Correcting a Protectionist Drift

"From the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geometric Studies."...

U.S. Trade and Investment Policy

From American master Ward Just, returning to his trademark territory of "Forgetfulness "and "The Weather in Berlin," an evocative portrait of diplomac...

Globalization and the Perceptions of American Workers

Using evidence from public opinion polls Scheve (political science, Yale U.) and Slaughter (economics, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire) discuss the a...

Does Globalization Lower Wages and Export Jobs?

There is no doubt that globalization has coincided with higher unemployment among the less skilled and with widening income inequality. But did it cau...

Does Globalization Lower Wages and Export Jobs?

Increased globalization - the international integration of markets for goods, technology, labor, and capital - has coincided in the past 20 years with...

Protectionist Tendencies in the North and Vulnerable Economies in the South

Examines whether protectionist tendencies in Northern countries are an obstacle to the integration into the world economy of small, vulnerable Souther...

The Causes and Consequences of Changing Income Inequality

W(h)ither the Debate?

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The Antebellum Transportation Revolution and Factor-price Convergence

In antebellum America an extensive network of canals and railroads was constructed which slashed transportation costs across regions. This 'transporta...