• PhD, Economics, University of California, Davis, 1995
• MA, Economics, University of California, Davis, 1992
• BA, Economics, German, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1988

• Tykeson Dean of Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, 2019-2022
• Dean for Faculty and Operations, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017-2019
• Interim Dean, Lundquist College of Business, 2016-2017
• Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013-2016
• Department Head, Department of Economics, 2008-2013
• Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science, 2001-present
• Advisory Board Member, UO Wayne Morse Center, 2017-present
• Cofounder, UO Summer Academy to Inspire Learning (SAIL), 2006-present
• Core Faculty Member, International Studies Program, 2005-2008
• Associate Professor, Department of Economics 2000-2004 
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 1995-2000 

• Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2002-present
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017-present 
• Member, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, 2017-present
• External Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for Globalisation and Economic Policy University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2002-present
• Specialized Coeditor, Economic Inquiry, 2012-2019 
• Scientific Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank, 2014-2015 
• Associate Editor, Journal of International Economics, 2012-2014 
• Coeditor, Journal of International Economics, 2006-2012 
• Associate Editor, American Economic Review, 2006-2009 
• Departmental Coeditor, Journal of International Business Studies, 2004-2007
• Board of Editors, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2004-2007 
• Consultant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2004-2006 
• Editorial Advisor, Canadian Journal of Economics, 2003-2007 
• Consultant, World Bank, 2002 
• Associate Editor, Journal of International Economics, 2001-2006
• Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999-2002
• Economist, U.S. International Trade Commission, 1994-1995

• National Science Foundation Grant: The Long-run Relationship Between Trade and the Growth of Cities, 2019-2022
• National Science Foundation Grant: Trade Protection and the US Steel Industry, corecipient, 2004-2006
• Williams Council Teaching Award, University of Oregon, corecipient, 2004
• Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Oregon, 2003
• Williams Council Teaching Award, University of Oregon, corecipient, 2002
   

Research:

• Foreign direct investment
• Multinational firms
• Trade policies

Interests:

• Applied econometrics
• Industrial organization
• International trade

• Economics Analysis of Communication Issues

• Blonigen, Bruce A., and Anca D. Cristea. "Air Service and Urban Growth: Evidence From a Quasi-Natural Policy Experiment," Journal of Urban Economics, 86: 128-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2015.02.001
• Blonigen, Bruce A., Lionel Fontagne, Nicholas Sly, and Farid Toubal. “Cherries for Sale: The Incidence and Timing of Cross-Border M&A,” Journal of International Economics, 94: 341-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2014.08.005
• Blonigen, Bruce A., Benjamin H. Liebman, Justin R. Pierce, and Wesley W. Wilson. “Are All Trade Protection Policies Created Equal? Empirical Evidence for Nonequivalent Market Power Effects of Tariffs and Quotas,” Journal of International Economics, 89: 369-378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.08.009
• Blonigen, Bruce A. “Revisiting the Evidence on Trade Policy Preferences,” Journal of International Economics, 85: 129-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2011.05.010
• Blonigen, Bruce A., and Anson Soderbery. “Measuring the Benefits of Foreign Product Variety with an Accurate Variety Set,” Journal of International Economics, 82: 168-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.08.001