S. Brock Blomberg

Ursinus College

Collegeville, PA 19426-2562

United States

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1.

The Lexus and the Olive Branch: Globalization, Democratization and Terrorism

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 May 2006
S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess
Ursinus College and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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Growth, Conflict, Terrorism

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The Macroeconomic Consequences of Terrorism

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Apr 2004
S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory D. Hess and Athanasios Orphanides
Ursinus College, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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growth, conflict, terrorism

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A Gravity Model of Globalization, Democracy and Transnational Terrorism

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C06-6
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 May 2006
S. Brock Blomberg and B. Peter Rosendorff
Ursinus College and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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The Commodity-Consumer Price Connection: Fact or Fable?

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 1, No. 3, October 1995
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Nov 2007
S. Brock Blomberg and Ethan S. Harris
Ursinus College and Bank of America
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commodity prices, inflation, consumer prices, monetary policy

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From (No) Butter to Guns? Understanding the Economic Role in Transnational Terrorism

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 May 2006
S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess
Ursinus College and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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Growth, Conflict, Terrorism

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The Political Economy of IMF Voting Power and Quotas

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Jan 2008
S. Brock Blomberg and J. Lawrence Broz
Ursinus College and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science
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Political Economy, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Redistribution

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Is the Political Business Cycle for Real?

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Is the Political Business Cycle for Real?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 415, FRB of Cleveland Working Paper No. 00-16
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Mar 2001
S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess
Ursinus College and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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Is the Political Business Cycle for Real?

Wellesley College Economics WP No. 98-08
Posted: 23 Jul 1998
S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess
Ursinus College and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

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Terrorism and the Returns to Oil

Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Research Paper No. 2008-12
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2008
S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory D. Hess and Hunter Jackson
Ursinus College, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) and Claremont McKenna College
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Political Economy, Oil, Terrorism

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Sustaining Fixed Rates: The Political Economy of Currency Pegs in Latin America

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Sustaining Fixed Rates: The Political Economy of Currency Pegs in Latin America

Wellesley College Working Paper No. 2001-06
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Sep 2001
S. Brock Blomberg, Jeffry Frieden and Ernesto Stein
Ursinus College, Harvard University and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Sustaining Fixed Rates: The Political Economy of Currency Pegs in Latin America

Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 203-225, November 2005
Posted: 29 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2011
S. Brock Blomberg, Jeffry Frieden and Ernesto Stein
Ursinus College, Harvard University and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

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exchange rates, elections

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Where Have All the Heroes Gone? A Self-Interested, Economic Theory of Heroism

Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Research Paper No. 2008-1
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2008
S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory D. Hess and Yaron Raviv
Ursinus College, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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Heroism

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The (after) Life-Cycle Theory of Religious Contributions

CESifo Working Paper No. 1854
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 May 2006
S. Brock Blomberg, Thomas DeLeire and Gregory D. Hess
Ursinus College, Georgetown University and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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God, Life-cycle Consumption, Religion, Tithing

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Who Gets the Guns? How Conflicts and Politics Drive International Arms Transfers

Claremont McKenna College Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Research Paper 2765879
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2016
S. Brock Blomberg, Oana Tocoian and Oana Tocoian
Ursinus College and UC San DiegoClaremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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conflict, arms trade, terrorism

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How Much Does Violence Tax Trade?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Jul 2004
S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess
Ursinus College and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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trade, conflict, terrorism

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The Impact of Voter Initiatives on Economic Activity

Wellesley College Working Paper No. 2001-07
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Nov 2001
Akila Weerapana, S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess
Wellesley College - Department of Economics, Ursinus College and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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growth, initiatives, voting

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Lines in the Sand: Border Effects, Economic Integration and Disintegration of Post-War Iraq

Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Research Paper No. 2008-13
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 14 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2009
S. Brock Blomberg and Rozlyn C. Engel
Ursinus College and United States Military Academy, West Point
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Trade, Conflict, War

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Lending Cycles

NBER Working Paper No. w5951
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
S. Brock Blomberg and Patrick K. Asea
Ursinus College and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Is There Evidence of a Poverty-Conflict Trap?

Wellesley College Working Paper No. 2000-06
Posted: 03 Aug 2000
S. Brock Blomberg, Gregory D. Hess and Sidharth Thacker
Ursinus College, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) and Oberlin College

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Can Political Variables Really Predict Exchange Rate Movements

Wellesley College Working Paper 99-10
Posted: 03 Feb 2000
S. Brock Blomberg and Andrew Mountford
Ursinus College and Royal Holloway, University of London

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The Impact of Voter Initiatives on Economic Activity

Wellesley College Working Paper No. 99-11
Posted: 14 Oct 1999
S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess
Ursinus College and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

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'Dumb and Dumber' Explanations for Exchange Rate Dynamics

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'Dumb and Dumber' Explanations for Exchange Rate Dynamics

Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 187-216, November 2001
Posted: 29 Jun 2004
S. Brock Blomberg
Ursinus College

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Exchange rates, asset prices, monetary policy

'Dumb and Dumber' Explanations for Exchange Rate Dynamics

Wellesley College Working Paper No. 98-18
Posted: 19 Feb 1999
S. Brock Blomberg
Ursinus College

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Long Run Political Convergence? A State-by-State Analysis

Wellesley College Working Paper No. 98-17
Posted: 03 Dec 1998
S. Brock Blomberg
Ursinus College

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Do Voters Know Best? The Political Economy of Optimal Taxation

Wellesley College Working Paper No. 98-09
Posted: 21 Aug 1998
S. Brock Blomberg
Ursinus College

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Economics and Politics: Introduction to the Literature and Basic Modeling of Political Macroeconomics

Wellesley College Working Paper #97-06
Posted: 22 Apr 1998
S. Brock Blomberg
Ursinus College

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A New Approach to Modeling Political Change

Wellesley College Working Paper No. 97-07
Posted: 13 Jan 1998
S. Brock Blomberg
Ursinus College

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