Alan V. Deardorff is the John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and a Professor of Economics

Economics

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 and Public Policy at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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, Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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. He is also the Associate Dean at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

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. Former Chair of the Economics Department, Professor Deardorff received his Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University

Cornell University

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in 1971.

Alan is the author of Deardorffs' Glossary of International Economics, as well as the Family Tree of Trade Economists.

Current Affiliations

• External Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, University of Nottingham.
• Faculty Associate, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan
• International Research Fellow, Kiel Institute of World Economics
• Member, Academic Council, VRCenter DEGIT, Institute for World Economics, Kiel University
• Member, American Economic Association
• Member, Board of Editors, North American Journal of Economics and Finance
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Economic Journal
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The World Economy
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Economic Integration
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of International Economic Law
• Member, Editorial Board, Studies in International Economics, University of Michigan Press
• Member, Group of Eminent Persons on Non-tariff Barriers, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

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