Luisa R. Blanco

Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

Professor

24255 Pacific Coast Highway

Malibu, CA 90263

United States

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1.

Are Tax Havens Good Neighbors? An LDC Perspective

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2011
Luisa R. Blanco and Cynthia L. Rogers
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Tax havens, Foreign Direct Investment, Less Developed Countries, Spatial Econometrics

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The Impact of Reform on the Criminal Justice System in Mexico

RAND Working Paper No. WR-948
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 May 2012
Luisa R. Blanco
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
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institutions, crime, judicial reform, Latin America

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The Impact of Research and Development on Economic Growth and Productivity in the U.S. States: Online Appendix

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 May 2015
Luisa R. Blanco, Ji Gu and James E. Prieger
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, University of Oklahoma - Department of Economics and Pepperdine University - School of Public Policy
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R&D spillovers, state R&D policy, positive externalities, total factor productivity, cointegration, pooled mean group estimator

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Competition between Tax Havens: Does Geographic Distribution Matter?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Jul 2009
Luisa R. Blanco and Cynthia L. Rogers
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Tax havens, Tax Competition, Foreign Direct Investment, Spatial Econometrics

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The Impact of a Mobile Phone-Delivered Digital Financial Education Program on Financial Behavior Among Hispanics

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The Impact of a Mobile Phone-Delivered Digital Financial Education Program on Financial Behavior Among Hispanics

Number of pages: 111 Posted: 23 Sep 2022
Luisa R. Blanco, Lucia Chen, Isaias Hernandez, April D. Thames and Joyce Serido
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Eastmont Community Center, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Family Social Science
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Financial education, financial literacy, field experiment, digital technology

The Impact of a Mobile Phone-Delivered Digital Financial Education Program on Financial Behavior Among Hispanics

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Oct 2022
Luisa R. Blanco, Isaias Hernandez, Joyce Serido, April Thames and Lucia Chen
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, Eastmont Community Center, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Family Social Science, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Financial education, financial literacy, field experiment, digital technology

The Impact of a Mobile Phone-Delivered Digital Financial Education Program on Financial Behavior Among Hispanics

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Oct 2022
Luisa R. Blanco, Isaias Hernandez, Joyce Serido, April Thames and Lucia Chen
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, Eastmont Community Center, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Family Social Science, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Financial education, financial literacy, field experiment, digital technology

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Crime, Institutions and Sector-Specific FDI in Latin America

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 May 2015 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2016
Luisa R. Blanco, Isabel Ruiz, W. Charles Sawyer and Rossitza B. Wooster
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, University of Southern Mississippi - College of Business Administration and Portland State University
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Foreign Direct Investment, sector specific FDI, crime, institutions, Latin America

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Endogenous Tax Policy and Economic Growth of Tax Havens

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2010
Luisa R. Blanco and Cynthia L. Rogers
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Tax Haven, Endogeneity

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Economic Growth and the Optimal Level of Entrepreneurship

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Jul 2013
Catherine Bampoky, Luisa R. Blanco, Aolong Liu and James E. Prieger
Pepperdine University - School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University - School of Public Policy and Pepperdine University - School of Public Policy
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Entrepreneurship, national economic growth, R&D, corruption, grease the wheels hypothesis, growth penalty, entrepreneurial economy

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Powering America: The Impact of Ethanol Production in the Corn Belt States

Energy Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2015
Luisa R. Blanco and Michelle Isenhouer
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Ethanol, Energy Policy, County Level Analysis

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Equity Commitment under Uncertainty: A Hierarchical Model of Real Option Entry Mode Choices

Forthcoming, International Business Review
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2015
Rossitza B. Wooster, Luisa R. Blanco and W. Charles Sawyer
Portland State University, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and University of Southern Mississippi - College of Business Administration
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Real Options, Entry Mode, Latin America

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Retirement Planning Among Middle-Aged and Older Hispanics

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2015-003
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Mar 2015
Luisa R. Blanco, Emma Aguila, Arturo Gongora, Beverly Weidmer and Kenrik Duru
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, RAND Corporation, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), RAND Corporation and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Retirement, Retirement planning, Saving, Intergenerational transfers, Hispanics, Women

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Does Oil Hinder Democratic Development? A Time-Series Analysis

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 Mar 2016
Kelsey O'Connor, Luisa R. Blanco and Jeffrey B. Nugent
STATEC Research, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and University of Southern California - Department of Economics
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resource curse, democracy, oil, natural resources, long-run relationships

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The (Non) Effect of Natural Resource Dependence on Capital Accumulation in Latin America

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2011
Luisa R. Blanco and Robin Grier
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and Texas Tech University - Free Market Institute
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Latin America, human capital, physical capital, natural resources, education

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New Trends in Latin America and Their Implications for Foreign Direct Investment

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2010
Luisa R. Blanco
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
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Foreign Direct Investment, Latin America, Spatial Econometrics

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Does Experience Matter for Patterns of Expansion by U.S. Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Dec 2014
W. Charles Sawyer, Rossitza B. Wooster and Luisa R. Blanco
University of Southern Mississippi - College of Business Administration, Portland State University and Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
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Foreign Direct Investment, U.S. Companies, Latin America, Investment Strategies

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Hispanic Economic Outlook, Quarter 1, 2009

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Sep 2012
Marie T. Mora, Luisa R. Blanco and Isabel Ruiz
University of Texas - Pan American - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics & Finance, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and University of Oxford - Harris Manchester College
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hispanic employment, housing, remittances

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ICanRetire-Hispanic Segment Experience (ICR-H): A Digital Educational Intervention for Improving Retirement Preparedness among Hispanic Workers

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 07 May 2024
Luisa R. Blanco
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
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Retirement preparedness, financial knowledge, minorities

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The Impact of FDI on CO2 Emissions in Latin America

Oxford Development Studies, 14(1), 104-121, March 2013
Posted: 02 Jul 2014
Luisa R. Blanco, Fidel Gonzalez and Isabel Ruiz
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, Sam Houston State University - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and International Business and University of Oxford - Harris Manchester College

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FDI, Pollution, Latin America

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The Finance-Growth Link in Latin America Revisited and the Role of Institutions as a Source of Finance

Posted: 06 Sep 2010
Luisa R. Blanco
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

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Financial development, economic growth, institutions, political stability, Latin America

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Hispanic Economic Outlook, Quarter 1, 2010

Hispanic Economic Outlook, QI, 2010
Posted: 09 Feb 2010
Alberto Davila, Marie T. Mora and Luisa R. Blanco
University of Texas - Pan American - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas - Pan American - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics & Finance and Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

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Hispanics, Labor Market, Remittances, Housing, Recession, Latin America

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Long Live Democracy: The Determinants of Political Instability in Latin America

Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 76–95, January 2009
Posted: 23 Jul 2009
Luisa R. Blanco and Robin Grier
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and Texas Tech University - Free Market Institute

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Political Instability, Democracy, Latin America

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The Finance-Growth Link in Latin America

Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1, 2009
Posted: 23 Jul 2009
Luisa R. Blanco
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

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Financial Development, Latin America

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Life is Unfair in Latin America, but Does It Matter for Growth?

World Development, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 Jul 2009
Luisa R. Blanco
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

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Inequality, agriculture, economic growth, Latin America