Scott French, Author at Switzer

Scott French

Scott French is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the UNSW Business School. He received a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2010. His research focuses on international trade, including modelling how countries’ patterns of specialization of production interact with international trade barriers to determine countries’ level of income and overall economic well-being.

Articles by Scott French

Markets

Everything you need to know about tariffs

Most of us understand tariffs are some kind of barrier to trade between countries. But how exactly do they work?...

Scott French · 6 months ago

Politics

What are tariffs, anyway?

Thanks to the decisive victory of US President-elect Donald Trump, we’re now set to hear a whole lot more of...

Scott French · 9 months ago