Bio
Matthew J. Slaughter is the Paul Danos Dean of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where in addition he is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the academic advisory board of the International Tax Policy Forum, and an academic advisor to the McKinsey Global Institute.
Current Research Topics
The economics and politics of globalization.
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Professional Activities
Current Positions
- The Paul Danos Dean of the Tuck School; The Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business: 2015-present
- Founding Director, Center for Business, Government & Society, Tuck School of Business: 2012-present
- Life Member, Council on Foreign Relations: 2018-present
- Fellow, Public Affairs and Public Policy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 2017-present
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research: 2002-present
- Member, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth at NBER: 2006-present
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations: 2007-present
- Board of Academic Advisors, International Tax Policy Forum: 2005-present
- Academic Advisor, McKinsey Global Institute, 2010-present
- Economic Advisory Board, Economic Innovation Group: 2014-present
Past Positions and Affiliations
- Associate Dean for Faculty, Tuck School of Business: 2012-2015
- Signal Companies’ Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business: 2009-2015
- Associate Dean for the MBA Program, Tuck School of Business: 2008-2012
- Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Dartmouth College and Tuck School Faculty
- Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
- Member, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President
- Visiting Scholar: Federal Reserve System; International Monetary Fund; World Bank
- Member, Panel of Economic Advisers, Congressional Budget Office
- Member, Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, U.S. State Department
- Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations
- Academic Adviser, Deloitte Center for Cross-Border Investment
- Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economics
- Panel Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Consultant: Business Roundtable; Private Equity Council; Financial Services Forum; Emergency Committee for American Trade; National Foreign Trade Council; Committee for Fair International Taxation; United States Council Federation; Organization for International Investment; and global firms
Editorial Positions, Past and Current
- Associate Editor, Journal of Development Economics
- Editorial Review Board, Journal of International Business Studies
- Editorial Advisory Board, The World Economy
- Editorial Council, Review of International Economics
- Associate Editor, Journal of International Economics
- Editorial Board, Journal of International Trade and Development
- Refereeing services for over 50 journals, university presses, grant foundations, and think tanks.
Awards
- Tuck Class of 2011 Teaching Excellence Award, Tuck School of Business, 2012
- National Science Foundation, Research Grant, Economics Program, “Empirical Evidence on the Global Operations of Multinational Firms,” with Gordon H. Hanson, 2002-2005
- National Science Foundation, Research Grant, Political Science Program, “Economic Insecurity and the Globalization of Production,” with Kenneth F. Scheve, 2002-2005
- John M. Manley Huntington Teaching Award, Dartmouth College, 2001. Elizabeth R. and Robert A. Jeffe Fellowship, Dartmouth College, 2001-2002
- National Science Foundation, Research Grant, Economics Program, “The Operations and Labor-Market Impacts of Multinational Enterprises,” 2000-2004
- National Bureau of Economic Research, National Fellowship, 2000-2001
- Russell Sage Foundation, Research Grant, Program on The Future of Work in America, “The Effect of Growing International Trade on U.S. Real Wages,” 2000-2001
- Nelson Rockefeller Research in Economics Grant and Research in Social Science Grant, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, “The Operations and Labor-Market Impacts of Multinationals,” 2000-2001
- Russell Sage Foundation, Research Grant, Program on The Future of Work in America, “Globalization and U.S. Labor Markets: New Research,” 1997-2000
- Junior-Faculty Fellowship, Dartmouth College, 1997-1998
- Nelson Rockefeller Research in Economics Grant and Research in Social Science Grant, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, “Who Supports Trade Barriers?” 1997-1998
- ECAT, Research Grant, “Multinational Firms and the U.S. Economy,” 1996-2000
- Russell Sage Foundation, Research Grant, Program on The Future of Work in America, “International Trade and the Competitiveness of Factor Markets,” 1996-1998
- Nelson Rockefeller Research in Economics Grant and Research in Social Science Grant, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, “Measuring Goods-Market Integration,” 1996-1997
- U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Foreign Economic Research, “Multinational Corporations, and American Wage Divergence,” 1995-1996
- Honorable Mention, Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award Competition, 1995
- Bronze Award, Amex Bank Review Essay Competition, 1994
Working Papers
- With G. Hanson, “High-Skilled Immigration and the U.S. Economy”
- With G. Hanson and M. Ibarra-Caton, “Expansion Abroad and the Domestic Operations of U.S. Multinational Firms”
- With A. Costinot, G. Hanson, and P. Wolfson, “High-End Labor Markets: Talent, Performance, and Earnings on the PGA Tour”
- With J. Haskel, “Globalization, Multinationals, and the Elasticity of Labor Demand”
- With R. Martin, “Real Relative Prices: Exchange-Rate Regimes Don’t Matter”
- With G. Crespi, C. Criscuolo, and J. Haskel, “Productivity Growth, Knowledge Flows, and Spillovers,” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper #13959, 2008
Selected Publications
- With several co-authors, Rework America, The Markle Foundation Economic Future Initiative, 2015.
- With R. Feenstra, B. Mandel, and M. Reinsdorf, “Effects of Terms of Trade Gains and Tariff Changes on the Measurement of U.S. Productivity Growth,” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5(1), 2013
- With X. Lu and K. Scheve, “Envy, Altruism, and the International Distribution of Trade Protection,” American Journal of Political Science, 56(3), 2012
- With J. Haskel, R. Lawrence, and E. Leamer, “What Do We Know About Trade and Wages Today?” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26(2), 2012
- With L. D’Andrea Tyson, “A Warning Sign from Global Companies,” Harvard Business Review, March 2012
- With C. Criscuolo and J. Haskel, “Global Engagement and the Innovation Activities of Firms,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 28 (2), 2010
- With G. Hanson and K. Scheve, “Globalization and Declining Unionization in the United States,” Industrial Relations, 46(2), 2007
- “Public Finance and Individual Preferences Over Globalization Strategies,” Economics and Politics, 19(1), 2007
- With J. Haskel and S. Pereira, “Does Inward Foreign Direct Investment Boost the Productivity of Domestic Firms?” Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(2), 2007
- With G. Hanson and R. Mataloni, Jr., “Vertical Production Networks in Multinational Firms,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(4), 2005
- With J. Budd and J. Konings, “International Profit Sharing in Multinational Firms,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(1), 2005
- With K. Scheve, “Economic Insecurity and the Globalization of Production,” American Journal of Political Science, 48 (4), 2004