Blalock, Garrick

Associate Professor
Garrick Blalock joined the Department of Applied Economics and Management in 2002. His research interests include management of technology, firm strategy, and emerging markets.

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educational background

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2002
M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 2000
B.A., Yale University, 1993

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Blalock, Garrick, Imports, Productivity Growth, and Supply Chain Learning" with Francisco Veloso, World Development, July 2007, Vol. 35(7), pp. 1134-1151.

Blalock, Garrick, Vrinda Kadiyali, and Daniel H. Simon. Forthcoming. Driving Fatalities After 9/11: A Hidden Cost of Terrorism. Applied Economics.

Blalock, Garrick, David R. Just, and Daniel H. Simon. Forthcoming. Hitting the Jackpot or Hitting the Skids: Entertainment, Poverty, and the Demand for State Lotteries. American Journal of Economics and Sociology.

Blalock, Garrick, and Sonali Roy. “A Firm-Level Examination of the Exports Puzzle: Why East Asian Exports Didn’t Increase After the 1997-1998 Financial Crisis?” with Sonali Roy, The World Economy, January 2007, Vol. 30(1), pp. 39-59.

Blalock, Garrick, Vrinda Kadiyali, and Daniel H. Simon. Forthcoming. The Impact of Post 9/11 Airport Security Measures on the Demand for Air Travel. Journal of Law and Economics.

Blalock, Garrick, and Paul J. Gertler. Forthcoming. Welfare Gains from Foreign Direct Investment through Technology Transfer to Local Suppliers. Journal of International Economics.

Blalock, Garrick, and Paul J. Gertler. 2005. Foreign Direct Investment and Externalities: The Case for Public Intervention. In Does FDI Promote Development?, edited by Theodore Moran, pp. 73-106. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics.

Blalock, Garrick, and Paul Gertler. 2004. Learning from Exporting Revisited in a Less Developed Setting. Journal of Development Economics 75(2): 397-416.

Keywords: applied economics, business, emerging markets, firm strategy, public policy, strategy, technology transfer