Research
Book
Convergence as Adaptivity: Understanding Policymaking in an Era of Globalization, SUNY Press, 2023.
Journal Articles
“Designing Competition Clauses in Preferential Trade Agreements.” World Trade Review, 22(5):657-679, 2023.
“Central Bank Independence, Unemployment, and Diversionary Conflict.” International Interactions, 49(4): 621-638, 2023.
“Is Unconditional Foreign Aid Necessarily Harmful? Chinese Foreign Aid and Human Rights in Africa,” China Review, 23(3): 101-130, 2023.
“Climbing to the Top? How Globalized Competition for Capital Affects Judicial Independence,” Studies in Comparative International Development, 56: 511-535, 2021. [with Guorong Chen]
“Ethnic Minorities, Ethnic Conflict, and Confidence in the UN across the World,” Conflict Management and Peace Science, 38(6): 654-673, 2021. [with Ekrem Karakoç]
“Choosing a Lesser Evil: Partisanship, Labor, and Corporate Taxation under Globalization,” Political Research Quarterly, 74(3): 571-586, 2021.
“Thinking Outside the Box: Globalization, Labor Rights, and the Making of Preferential Trade Agreements,” International Studies Quarterly, 64(2): 343-355, 2020.
"The Mixed Strategy of Authoritarian Labor Rights Repression," Journal of Human Rights, 19(3): 344-362, 2020.
“Economic Competition, Policy Interdependence, and Labor Rights,” New Political Economy, 23(6): 656-673, 2018.
“'Bringing the State Back In': Explaining Women's Economic Empowerment in an Era of Globalization,” Political Studies, 66(4): 1043-1066, 2018.
“Locating the External Source of Enforceability: Alliances, Bilateral Investment Treaties, and Foreign Direct Investment,” Social Science Quarterly, 99(1): 80-96, 2018. [with Hyunjin Youn]
“Democracy, Policy Interdependence, and Labor Rights,” Political Research Quarterly, 70(3): 549-563, 2017.
“The Selection of Litigation against Government Agencies: Evidence from China,” Review of Law and Economics, 13(3), 2017. [with Wei Cui]
“Institutionalized Autocracies, Policy Interdependence, and Labor Rights,” Journal of Human Rights, 16(4): 473-493, 2017.
“Repress or Respect? Precarious Leadership, Poor Economy, and Labor Protection,” Human Rights Review, 18(1), 21-43, 2017. [with Hyunjin Youn]
“Treaty Commitment as a Signaling Device: Explaining the Ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,” Human Rights Review, 17(2), 193-220, 2016.
“The Inefficiencies of Legislative Centralization: Evidence from Provincial Rate-Setting for the Vehicle and Vessel Tax,” China: An International Journal, 13(3): 49-73, 2015. [with Wei Cui]
Select Working Papers
Strategic Treaty-Making: the Use of Dispute Settlement Mechanism and Bilateral Cooperation.
Leader Turnover, Supporting Coalition, and the Breach of Bilateral Investment Treaties.
Work in Progress
Domestic Posturing and International Groveling
Foreign Freedoms for Authoritarian Home
Globalization and Liberalism
Publications in Chinese
“Public Opinion and Judicial Decisions: The Case of the U.S. Supreme Court,” SJTU Law Review (JiaoDa Fa Xue), 4:114-129, 2016.
“Federalism, Democracy, Governmental Fractionalization and the Rule of Law: 1996-2009,” The Jurist (Fa Xue Jia), 2:157-175, 2014.
“Rule of Law and Political Stability - A Quantitative Study of China's Experience: 1996-2010,” Law and Social Development (Fazhi Yu Shehui Fazhan), 2:57-70, 2013.
“Analyzing the Efficacy of Institutions for Setting Local Tax Rates: A Study Based on Provincial Choices of Vehicle and Vessel Tax Rates in 2007,” Taxation Research (Shuiwu Yanjiu), 11:54-59, 2012.
“Coherence Theory, Moral Realism, and Law: An Integration Attempt Based on Internal Realism,” Law and Social Development (Fazhi Yu Shehui Fazhan), 5:130-145, 2012.
“Atheoretical-ness and Autonomy of Law: A Critique of Theory-Centered Legal Scholarship and Pedagogical Institution,” Renmin University Law Review (Renda Falv Pinglun), 1:221-250, 2012.