Scott L. Baier

Scott Baier is a Professor in the John E. Walker Department of Economics at Clemson University and currently serves as Associate Dean for Research in the Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business. From 1996 to 2000, he served on the faculty in the Department of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Notre Dame, where he was the recipient of the Amoco Outstanding Teaching Award. He joined the Clemson faculty in 2001. From 1999 to 2012, Professor Baier was a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. From 2007 to 2008, he served as a Senior Economist on the Council of Economic Advisers, where he provided economic analysis of current events and pending legislation and contributed to the preparation of the Economic Report of the President. More recently, Scott has served as a consultant to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the United States International Trade Commission (USITC). 

Professor Baier’s research interests include the causes and consequences of globalization, the economic impact of free trade agreements, and economic growth. Baier’s award-winning research focuses on international trade and economic growth & development. His project, The Causes and Consequences of Regionalization, was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Two of Baier’s articles have been recognized with ‘Best Paper’ awards in recent years. His recent paper, How Important are Capital and Total Factor Productivity for Economic Growth? (Joint with fellow Clemson Economics Robert Tamura, and Jerry Dwyer of the Atlanta Fed) won the 2007 Best Article Award in Economic Inquiry. His paper on The Growth of World Trade (with Jeff Bergstrand) won the Bhagwati Award for the best paper in the Journal of International Economics in the years 2001 and 2002.