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John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 11
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Profile
Robert Z. Lawrence is Albert L. Williams Professor of
International Trade and Investment, a Senior Fellow at the Peterson
Institute for International Economics, and a Research Associate at
the National Bureau of Economic Research. He currently serves as
Faculty Chair of The Practice of Trade Policy executive program at
Harvard Kennedy School. He served as a member of the President's
Council of Economic Advisers from 1998 to 2000. Lawrence has also
been a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has taught at
Yale University, where he received his PhD in economics. His
research focuses on trade policy. He is the author of Crimes and
Punishments? Retaliation under the WTO; Regionalism,
Multilateralism and Deeper Integration; Single World,
Divided Nations?;andCan America Compete? He is coauthor
of Has Globalization Gone Far Enough? The Costs of Fragmentation
in OECD Markets (with Scott Bradford); A Prism on
Globalization; Globaphobia: Confronting Fears About Open
Trade; A Vision for the World Economy; and Saving
Free Trade: A Pragmatic Approach. Lawrence has served on the
advisory boards of the Congressional Budget Office, the Overseas
Development Council, and the Presidential Commission on United
States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy.
Courses
Spring
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API-102
Economic Analysis of Public Policy
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API-102
Economic Analysis of Public Policy
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API-102
Economic Analysis of Public Policy
Fall
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ITF-110
The Political Economy of Trade
Media Expertise
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Research
Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.
Selected Publication Citations:
- Academic Journals
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Lawrence, Robert Z. "International Organizations: The Challenge of
Aligning Mission, Means and Legitimacy." The World Economy:
OnlineEarly Articles (2007).
- Book Chapters
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Lawrence, Robert Z. "Recent U.S. Free Trade Initiatives in the
Middle East: Opportunities But No Guarantees." Arab World
Competitiveness Report 2007. World Economic Forum, 2007, 21-30.
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Lawrence, Robert Z. "Trade Policy: The Exception to American
Exceptionalism?" Power and Superpower: Global Leadership and
Exceptionalism in the 21st Century. Ed. Morton H. Halperin,
Jeffrey Laurenti, Peter Rundlet, and Spencer P. Boyer. Century
Foundation Press, 2007.
- Books
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Lawrence, Robert Z. Blue-Collar Blues: Is Trade to Blame for
Rising U.S. Income Inequality? Peterson Institute for
International Economics, 2008.
- Op-Eds
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Lawrence, Robert Z. "Community Insurance." Dallas Morning
News, April 21, 2008.
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Lawrence, Robert Z. "Much ado about Nafta." Guardian
Unlimited, March 6, 2008.
- Research Papers/Reports
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Aldonas, Grant D., Robert Z. Lawrence, and Matthew J. Slaughter.
"Succeeding in the Global Economy: A New Policy Agenda for the
American Worker." Financial Services Forum, June 26, 2007.
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Lawrence, Robert Z. "The United States and the WTO Dispute
Settlement System." Council on Foreign Relations Press, Council
Special Report No. 25, March 2007.
- Reviews
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Lawrence, Robert Z. "A True Development Round?" Review of Fair
Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development, by Joseph E.
Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton. Journal of Economic
Literature, 45.4 December 2007: 1001-1010.