Steven Block

3.2k total citations
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Steven Block is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Nutrition and Dietetics and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Block has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 10 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 7 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Steven Block's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (10 papers), Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (9 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (7 papers). Steven Block is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (10 papers), Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (9 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (7 papers). Steven Block collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and India. Steven Block's co-authors include Patrick Webb, Paul M. Vaaler, Robert H. Bates, C. Peter Timmer, Louise C. Ivers, Jennifer Coates, Kimberly A Cullen, Kenneth A. Freedberg, William A. Masters and Derek Headey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of International Business Studies.

In The Last Decade

Steven Block

37 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven Block United States 22 645 409 319 301 275 37 1.9k
Lionel Demery United States 16 696 1.1× 133 0.3× 319 1.0× 575 1.9× 385 1.4× 47 1.8k
Anil B. Deolalikar United States 25 724 1.1× 380 0.9× 387 1.2× 646 2.1× 620 2.3× 62 2.1k
Robert Sparrow Netherlands 26 674 1.0× 146 0.4× 511 1.6× 497 1.7× 377 1.4× 52 1.9k
Germano Mwabu Kenya 23 885 1.4× 168 0.4× 589 1.8× 320 1.1× 512 1.9× 118 2.2k
Christel M. J. Vermeersch United States 15 621 1.0× 442 1.1× 501 1.6× 310 1.0× 588 2.1× 28 2.3k
Laura B. Rawlings United States 19 544 0.8× 433 1.1× 375 1.2× 583 1.9× 899 3.3× 56 2.3k
David Stifel United States 24 641 1.0× 483 1.2× 294 0.9× 767 2.5× 674 2.5× 59 2.3k
Pedro Olinto United States 12 437 0.7× 352 0.9× 170 0.5× 354 1.2× 643 2.3× 23 1.5k
Jed Friedman United States 28 727 1.1× 403 1.0× 789 2.5× 703 2.3× 534 1.9× 113 2.8k
Ephraim Chirwa Malawi 24 575 0.9× 411 1.0× 373 1.2× 302 1.0× 514 1.9× 112 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Steven Block

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven Block

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Block

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven Block. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven Block based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Steven Block. Steven Block is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kennedy, Eileen, et al.. (2020). Transforming Food Systems: The Missing Pieces Needed to Make Them Work. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5(1). nzaa177–nzaa177. 36 indexed citations
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Bai, Yan, et al.. (2020). Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries. Food Policy. 99. 101983–101983. 125 indexed citations
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Block, Steven, et al.. (2019). Where are nutritious diets most expensive? Evidence from 195 foods in 164 countries.. IFPRI E-brary (International Food Policy Research Institute). 1–40. 2 indexed citations
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Bates, Robert H. & Steven Block. (2017). Political institutions and economic growth in Africa’s ‘Renaissance’. Oxford Economic Papers. 70(2). 327–352. 2 indexed citations
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Block, Steven. (2013). The post-independence decline and rise of crop productivity in sub-Saharan Africa: measurement and explanations. Oxford Economic Papers. 66(2). 373–396. 22 indexed citations
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Aker, Jenny C., Steven Block, Vijaya Ramachandran, & C. Peter Timmer. (2011). West African Experience with the World Rice Crisis, 2007-2008. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations
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Block, Steven & Robert H. Bates. (2010). Revisiting African Agriculture: Institutional Change and Productivity Growth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Bates, Robert H. & Steven Block. (2010). Political Institutions and Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 93(2). 317–323. 18 indexed citations
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Block, Steven, et al.. (2010). Child Undernutrition, Household Poverty and National Income in Developing Countries: Quantile Regression Results. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations
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Ivers, Louise C., Kimberly A Cullen, Kenneth A. Freedberg, et al.. (2009). HIV/AIDS, Undernutrition, and Food Insecurity. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 49(7). 1096–1102. 189 indexed citations
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Block, Steven & Patrick Webb. (2009). Up in Smoke: Tobacco Use, Expenditure on Food, and Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 58(1). 1–23. 44 indexed citations
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Vaaler, Paul M., et al.. (2006). Elections, Opportunism, Partisanship and Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries. Review of Development Economics. 10(1). 154–170. 71 indexed citations
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Block, Steven. (2006). Maternal nutrition knowledge versus schooling as determinants of child micronutrient status. Oxford Economic Papers. 59(2). 330–353. 42 indexed citations
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Block, Steven, Lynnda Kiess, Patrick Webb, et al.. (2004). Macro shocks and micro outcomes: child nutrition during Indonesia’s crisis. Economics & Human Biology. 2(1). 21–44. 158 indexed citations
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Webb, Patrick & Steven Block. (2004). Nutrition Information and Formal Schooling as Inputs to Child Nutrition. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 52(4). 801–820. 76 indexed citations
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Vaaler, Paul M., et al.. (2003). Democracy's Spread: Elections and Sovereign Debt in Developing Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Block, Steven. (2003). Multiparty Competition, Founding Elections and Political Business Cycles in Africa. Journal of African Economies. 12(3). 444–468. 64 indexed citations
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Block, Steven. (2003). Political conditions and currency crises in emerging markets. Emerging Markets Review. 4(3). 287–309. 13 indexed citations
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Block, Steven. (2001). Elections, Electoral Competitiveness, and Political Budget Cycles in Developing Countries. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 37 indexed citations
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Block, Steven. (1994). A New View of Agricultural Productivity in Sub‐Saharan Africa. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 76(3). 619–624. 39 indexed citations

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