Herbert Gunter Grubel (born February 26, 1934) is a

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professor,

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, writer, and former politician. He represented the

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in the

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from 1993 to 1997. Grubel was born in

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. As a member of the Reform Party, Grubel defeated former federal cabinet minister Mary Collins in the 1993 election, pushing her into third place. He served as the party's

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critic from 1995 to 1997, and was controversial for his outspoken support of Canada moving toward a

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system. Grubel did not run in the 1997 election. As of 2011 he is professor emeritus of

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and senior fellow of the

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. He has also worked at the economic faculties of

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, the

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and the

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. Grubel has published 27 books and more than 130 professional articles in economics, dealing with international trade and finance and a wide range of economic policy issues. His areas of research include the economics of monetary union and the economics and politics of Canadian immigration. One of his most important contributions to

international economics International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity from international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the international institutions that affect them. It seeks to explain the patterns an ...

is the

Grubel–Lloyd index The Grubel–Lloyd index measures intra-industry trade of a particular product. It was introduced by Herb Grubel and Peter Lloyd in 1971. GL_i = \dfrac = 1 - \dfrac \qquad ;\ 0 \leq GL_i \leq 1 where ''Xi'' denotes the export, ''Mi'' the impor ...

, which measures

intra-industry trade Intra-industry trade refers to the exchange of similar products belonging to the same industry. The term is usually applied to international trade, where the same types of goods or services are both imported and exported. Examples Examples of this ...

of a particular product. While at the Fraser Institute Herbert published a paper titled: "The Case for the Amero: The Economics and Politics of a North American Monetary Union", in which he proposed that Canada and the USA adopt a shared currency called the 'amero'.

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Herbert Grubel
* 1934 births Immigrants to Canada Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Immigrants to the United States Reform Party of Canada MPs German emigrants to Canada 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{BritishColumbia-MP-stub