Background
BRECHER, Richard A. was born in 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
BRECHER, Richard A. was born in 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Anthropology) McGill University, 1967. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy Harvard University, 1970, 1971.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Research Staff, Economics Growth Center, Yale University, 1971-1977. Academic Visiting, London School of Economies and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, 1974-1975. Visiting, Nuffield College Oxford, 1974-1975.
Association Professor of Economics, Carleton University, 1977-1981.
Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, 1981-1982. Professor of Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, since 1981.
Association Editor, Company-editor, Editor, Journal of International Economics, 1981-1982, 1982, since 1983.
Early work
focussed on the theory of international trade with unemployment in the presence of real-wage rigidity. Attention then shifted to foreign ownership and its implications for commercial policy. Subsequent writings dealt with the factor content of international trade in commodities.
Recent work emphasises the theory of transfers and welfare.