Faculty Directory
Matthew J. Slaughter
Associate Dean for the MBA Program; Signal Companies' Professor of Management
E-Mailmatthew.j.slaughter@tuck.dartmouth.edu
Phone(603) 646-2939
DegreeBA, University of Notre Dame, 1990; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
AREAS OF EXPERTISEMultinational firms, international trade, labor markets, politics of globalization
Current Research Topics
The economics and politics of globalization
Selected Publications
"Economic Insecurity and the Globalization of Production," American Journal of Political Science, 48(4), October 2004; with G.H. Hanson and R.J. Mataloni Jr., "Vertical Production Networks in Multinational Firms," Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(4), 2005; with J.E. Haskel and S. Pereira, "Does Inward Foreign Direct Investment Boost the Productivity of Domestic Firms?", Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(2), 2007; "Globalization and Declining Unionization in the United States," Industrial Relations, 46(2), 2007; with G.H. Hanson and K.F. Scheve, "Public Finance and Individual Preferences over Globalization Strategies," Economics and Politics, 19(1), 2007; editor with M.B. Reinsdorf, International Flows of Invisibles: Trade in Services and Intangibles in the Era of Globaliztion, The University of Chicago Press, 2009
Awards
Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 1990–93; Sloan Foundation MIT Industrial Performance Center Doctoral Fellowship, 1993–94; Bronze Award, Amex Bank Review Essay Competition, 1994; Research Grant, Program on The Future of Work in America, Russell Sage Foundation, 1997–2000; National Fellowship, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000–01; Research Grants, National Science Foundation, 2000–03, 2002–04, 2004–05; John M. Manley Huntington Teaching Award, Dartmouth College, 2001
Professional Activities
Academic positions: Assistant Professor of Economics, 1994–2001, Associate Professor of Economics, 2001–02, Dartmouth College; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1995–present; Tuck School of Business, 2002–present
Nonacademic positions: Consultant and Visiting Scholar, World Bank, 1995–97, 2000, 2002; Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, 1996–97; Consultant, Emergency Committee for American Trade, 1996–2003; Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economics, 1997–present; Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Board, 1998, 2002; Term Member, 2000–present, Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, 2007–present, Council on Foreign Relations; Consultant, National Foreign Trade Council, 2003; Consultant, Coalition for Fair International Taxation and Organization for International Investment, 2004; Member, Council of Economic Advisers, 2005–07; Board of Academic Advisors, International Tax Policy Forum, 2005–present; Consultant, Financial Services Forum, 2007–present; Academic Advisor, McKinsey Global Institute, 2008–present
Editorial positions: Editorial Board, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Trade and Development, Review of International Economics, The World Economy
Personal Website
In addition to academic scholarship, Dean Slaughter writes general-interest items for the business and policy communities. Slaughter has also given speeches to and testified before both chambers of the U.S. Congress. His work and ideas have been widely featured in business media.