{"id":2,"date":"2016-02-24T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/barbaraspencer\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-07-24T16:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:45:16","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/barbaraspencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/barbaraspencer\/files\/2016\/02\/BarbaraSpencer.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Spencer\" width=\"80%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/barbaraspencer\/files\/2016\/02\/BarbaraSpencer.jpg 360w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/barbaraspencer\/files\/2016\/02\/BarbaraSpencer-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-top: 5px; padding-left: 10px;\">\n<h1>Barbara J. Spencer<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Asia-Pacific Professor in Trade Policy <\/strong>(Emeritus)<\/p>\n<p>B. Economics (Australian National University), M. Economics (Monash University),<br \/>\nPh.D. 1979 (Tepper School of Business, Carnegie-Mellon University)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office<\/strong>: 412 David Lam Building<br \/>\n<strong>E-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:barbara.spencer@sauder.ubc.ca\">barbara.spencer@sauder.ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe University of British Columbia<br \/>\nSauder School of Business<br \/>\n2053 Main Mall<br \/>\nVancouver, B.C., Canada<br \/>\nV6T 1Z2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<h2>Other Positions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1985-present.<\/li>\n<li>President, Canadian Economics Association, 2004-5<\/li>\n<li>Senior Fellow, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, 2007-2020<\/li>\n<li>Appointed to the Australian National University, Faculty of Economics &amp; Commerce Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame, 2005 &#8211; present.<\/li>\n<li>Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Previous appointments: Associate Professor, Boston College 1980-85; Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, 1979-80; Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba 1974-78<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Editorial Boards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>American Economic Review 1988-1991<\/li>\n<li>Journal of International Economics (JIE) 1988-1999<\/li>\n<li>Review of International Economics (RIE) 1992-1999<\/li>\n<li>International Review of Economics and Finance (IREF) 2005-2016<\/li>\n<li>Journal of International Business Education (JIBE) 2001- 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>International Trade Theory and Policy<\/li>\n<li>Industrial Organization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Presentation at CWEN lunch, Canadian Economics Association Meetings, May 2002<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/barbaraspencer\/files\/2017\/03\/2002-Barbara-Spencer-Yellow-Brick-Road.pdf\">\u201cTrying to Follow the Yellow Brick Road: My early experiences as a female economist in Australia, Canada and the United States\u201d.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Media Exposure and Secondary Literature<\/h2>\n<p>The Brander &amp; Spencer model of strategic trade policy is featured in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Silvia Nasar (1985), \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/barbaraspencer\/files\/2016\/02\/1985-Fortune-New-Case-For-Protectionism.pdf\" rel=\"\">The New Case for protectionism<\/a>\u201d, <em>Fortune Magazine<\/em>, September 16, pp 33 \u2013 38.<\/li>\n<li>David Warsh (1989), \u201cThe development of ideas: strategic trade policy and competitiveness\u201d, In David Collander and A. W. Coats eds., <em>The Spread of Economic Ideas<\/em>, Cambridge University Press<\/li>\n<li>Irwin, Douglas A. (1996), <em>Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade<\/em>, Princeton University Press, Princeton New Jersey, pp 207-216<\/li>\n<li>Economist Magazine (1996), \u201cHow to Beggar Your Neighbour\u201d, Feb. 3, p. 68<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Awards and Distinctions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Brander and Spencer (1981), &#8220;Tariffs and the Extraction of Foreign Monopoly Rent under Potential Entry&#8221; was awarded the Harry Johnson Prize for the best article in the <em>Canadian Journal of Economics<\/em> by the Canadian Economics Association in 1981.<\/li>\n<li>Awarded a UBC Killam Research Prize (Senior Competition) in 1990<\/li>\n<li>Awarded a Faculty of Commerce Academic Research Prize in 1996<\/li>\n<li>Included in Mark Blaug eds. (1999), <em>Who&#8217;s Who in Economics<\/em> (third Edition), Edward Elgar. The book features about 1100 prominent current economics and 500 historical economists since 1700. Living economists are chosen based on citations from 1984-1996.<\/li>\n<li>Feenstra, Robert E and Andrew K. Rose (2000), &#8220;The Journal of International Economics at 50: A Retrospective&#8221;, <em>Journal of International Economics<\/em>, vol 50 (1), lists Brander and Spencer (1985), &#8220;Export Subsidies and International Market Share Rivalry&#8221; as the most cited paper in the <em>Journal of International Economics<\/em> since inception in 1971.<\/li>\n<li>Listed in 2001 by the ISI Web of Science as a highly cited researcher on ISIHighlyCited.com based on journal articles from 1981 &#8211; 1999<\/li>\n<li>Spencer and Brander (1983) was cited in the scientific background paper, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2008), \u201cTrade and Geography \u2013 Economics of Scale, Differentiated Products and Transport Costs\u201d for Paul Krugman&#8217;s 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics. The paper cites important contributions either leading to or following from the prize-winning work.<\/li>\n<li>Inducted as &#8220;Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association&#8221; Canadian Economic Association Meetings, May 31 2018 Montreal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara J. Spencer Asia-Pacific Professor in Trade Policy (Emeritus) B. Economics (Australian National University), M. 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