Publications
Hierarchies and Promotions in Political Institutions: Accountability and Selection Games, 2025, (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton)
New Socialist Men (and Women)? Communist Industrial Workplace and Political Engagement in China Comparative Political Studies, Forthcoming, (with Jing Xu and Tianguang Meng)
Political Trust and Government Performance in the Time of COVID-19, World Development, 16 (April), (with Chengyuan Ji and Yujin Zhang), 2024 [pdf]
In the Shadows of Great Men: Retired Leaders and Informal Constraints, British Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie) [link]
Democracy and Mass Skepticism of Science, World Politics, 75(4), 735-778 (with Kinman Wan), 2023 [pdf]
The Rise of Grassroots Civil Society under One-Party Rule: The Case of China's Homeowner Associations, World Politics, 75(3), 608-646 (with Yu Zeng, Jie Li, and Christian Göbel), 2023 [pdf]
The Price of Probity: Anticorruption and Adverse Selection in the Chinese Bureaucracy, British Journal of Political Science, 52(1), 41-64 (with Zijie Shao and Zhiyuan Zhang), 2022 [pdf]
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites, Journal of Politics, 83(2):777-782 (with Zhaotian Luo), 2021 [pdf]
Mandarins Make Markets: Leadership Rotation and Inter-Provincial Trade in China, Journal of Development Economics, 147 (November) (with Yuan Mei), 2020 [pdf]
Friends with Benefits: Patronage Networks and Distributive Politics in China, Journal of Public Economics, 184 (April), (with Muyang Zhang), 2020 [pdf]
Enlightened One-Party Rule? Ideological Differences between Chinese Communist Party Members and the Mass Public, Political Research Quarterly, 73(3): 651-666, (with Chengyuan Ji), 2020 [pdf]
Countering Capture: Elite Networks and Government Responsiveness in China's Land Market Reform, Journal of Politics, 82(1):13-28 (with Yu Zeng), 2020. [pdf]
From Internet to Social Safety Net: the Policy Consequences of Online Participation in China. Governance. 32(3): 531-546 (with Tianguang Meng and Qing Zhang), 2019. [pdf]
Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China. American Journal of Political Science. 62(4): 982-999, 2018 [pdf]
Lying or Believing? Measuring Preference Falsification from a Political Purge in China. Comparative Political Studies. 49(5): 600-634, (with Dali Yang), 2016. [pdf]
New Socialist Men (and Women)? Communist Industrial Workplace and Political Engagement in China Comparative Political Studies, Forthcoming, (with Jing Xu and Tianguang Meng)
Political Trust and Government Performance in the Time of COVID-19, World Development, 16 (April), (with Chengyuan Ji and Yujin Zhang), 2024 [pdf]
In the Shadows of Great Men: Retired Leaders and Informal Constraints, British Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie) [link]
Democracy and Mass Skepticism of Science, World Politics, 75(4), 735-778 (with Kinman Wan), 2023 [pdf]
- Evan Ringquist Award for the best paper on the topic of political institutions, MPSA, 2022
The Rise of Grassroots Civil Society under One-Party Rule: The Case of China's Homeowner Associations, World Politics, 75(3), 608-646 (with Yu Zeng, Jie Li, and Christian Göbel), 2023 [pdf]
The Price of Probity: Anticorruption and Adverse Selection in the Chinese Bureaucracy, British Journal of Political Science, 52(1), 41-64 (with Zijie Shao and Zhiyuan Zhang), 2022 [pdf]
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites, Journal of Politics, 83(2):777-782 (with Zhaotian Luo), 2021 [pdf]
Mandarins Make Markets: Leadership Rotation and Inter-Provincial Trade in China, Journal of Development Economics, 147 (November) (with Yuan Mei), 2020 [pdf]
Friends with Benefits: Patronage Networks and Distributive Politics in China, Journal of Public Economics, 184 (April), (with Muyang Zhang), 2020 [pdf]
Enlightened One-Party Rule? Ideological Differences between Chinese Communist Party Members and the Mass Public, Political Research Quarterly, 73(3): 651-666, (with Chengyuan Ji), 2020 [pdf]
Countering Capture: Elite Networks and Government Responsiveness in China's Land Market Reform, Journal of Politics, 82(1):13-28 (with Yu Zeng), 2020. [pdf]
- Masahiko Aoki Best Paper Nomination Award, CIDEG, 2019
From Internet to Social Safety Net: the Policy Consequences of Online Participation in China. Governance. 32(3): 531-546 (with Tianguang Meng and Qing Zhang), 2019. [pdf]
- Sage Best Paper Award (honorable mention) for best paper in comparative politics presented at APSA annual meeting 2016
Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China. American Journal of Political Science. 62(4): 982-999, 2018 [pdf]
- Gregory Luebbert Article Award for best article in comparative politics, APSA, 2020 [link]
- Featured in Comparative Politics Newsletter (Fall 2020) [pdf]
Lying or Believing? Measuring Preference Falsification from a Political Purge in China. Comparative Political Studies. 49(5): 600-634, (with Dali Yang), 2016. [pdf]
Working Papers
Discontent within the Digital Leviathan: Mass and Elite Attitudes Toward Surveillance in China's First "Smart City" (with Xiang Gao)
From Kin to Comrade: Rural Clan Society and the Rise of Communism in China (with Xingchan Lan)
Intergroup Relations and Support for Democratization: Evidence from Hong Kong (with Tak-Huen Chau) [link]
Neoliberal Democracy and Education-Based Inequality (with Kinman Wan) [link]
Tournament Characteristics: Accountability and Selection (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton) [link]
From Kin to Comrade: Rural Clan Society and the Rise of Communism in China (with Xingchan Lan)
Intergroup Relations and Support for Democratization: Evidence from Hong Kong (with Tak-Huen Chau) [link]
Neoliberal Democracy and Education-Based Inequality (with Kinman Wan) [link]
Tournament Characteristics: Accountability and Selection (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton) [link]