Alan Deardorff
Alan V. Deardorff is the John W. Sweetland Professor Emeritus of International Economics and a professor emeritus of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor. Deardorff received his Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University in 1971.
Deardorff is the author of , as well as the . He has undertaken work on David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage, arguing that "the law of comparative advantage breaks down when applied to individual commodities or pairs of commodities in a many-commodity world", but stating that "the law is nonetheless valid if restated in terms of averages across all commodities". He has also served as a consultant to international organizations including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank.
Current Affiliations
- Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
- External Fellow, , University of Nottingham.
- External Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
- Faculty Associate, , University of Michigan
- International Research Fellow and Permanent Advisor,
- Member, Academic Council, VRCenter DEGIT, Institute for World Economics, Kiel University
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- Member, Editorial Board, Studies in International Economics, University of Michigan Press
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