PhD, 1974, Economics, Harvard University
MPhil, 1967, Economics, Oxford University
AB, 1964, Government, Harvard College

Areas of expertise: competition policy; tax policy; policy problems of globalization; international economic policy cooperation

Robert T. Kudrle, professor, is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Minnesota Law School and the Department of Political Science. He studies industrial organization, public policy toward business, and international economic policy. Much of his recent research has examined economic relations among industrial countries. He has served as a consultant and expert witness for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and as a consultant to the Internal Revenue Service, Canadian Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, U.N. Center on Transnational Corporations, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Agency for International Development, and Urban Institute. Kudrle has been vice president of the International Studies Association. Kudrle is past co-editor of International Studies Quarterly and serves on its editorial board. He is also on the editorial board the International Political Economy Yearbook and the Minnesota Journal of Global Trade.

"Differing National Merger Standards and the Prospects for International Cooperation," with D. Gifford, in: Transcending the Ostensible, Essays in Honor of Robert E. Hudec, Cambridge University Press, 2002

"International Political Economy and Public Policy Education," in: International Relations in the New Millenium, M. Brecher and F. Harvey (eds.), University of Michigan Press, 2001

"Does Regulation Affect Economic Outcomes?," with M. Kleiner, Journal of Law and Economics, 2000

"Does Globalization Sap the Fiscal Power of the State?," in: Coping With Globalization, A. Prakash and J. Hart (eds.), Routledge, 2000

"Three Meanings of Globalization and Their Implications for Governance," in: Global Governance and Enforcement: Issues and Strategies, R. Vyrynen (ed.), Rowman and Littlefield, 1998

"Foreign Acquisition of Defense-Related U.S. Firms: Concentration, Competition and Reality," with D. B. Bobrow in: Beyond"Us" and"Them": Foreign Ownership and U.S. Competitiveness, D. Nigh and D. Woodward (eds.), Quorum Press, 1998

"Three Perspectives on Competitiveness: An Introduction to Made In America," The International Executive, 1996

"The Foreign Investment Review Agency and U.S. Direct Investment in Canada," Transnational Corporations, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1995

"Markets, Governments, and Policy Congruence Across the Atlantic," in: Balancing State Intervention: The Limits of Transatlantic Markets, A Rand Study, R. Benjamin, R. Neu and D. Quigley (eds.), St. Martin's Press, 1995

"Regulating Multinational Enterprises in North America," Chapter 15 in: Multinationals in North America, L. Eden (ed.), The Industry Canada Research Series, University of Calgary Press, 1994

"Good for the Gander? Foreign Direct Investment in the United States," International Organization, Summer 1991