Research
Dissertation
- Mark Dictators’ Calendars: An Informational Theory of Election Schedules in Autocracies (description)
Peer-Reviewed Publication
- "Personalist Ruling Parties in Democracies". Democratization 29, no. 5 (2022): 918-938. (with Frantz, Erica, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, and Joseph Wright) (pre-print; appendix; reproduction files)
Working Papers
Revise & Resubmit
Revise & Resubmit
- How Personalist Parties Undermine State Capacity (with Joseph Wright) (2nd round R&R at Comparative Political Studies)
- Mark Dictators’ Calendars: The Manipulation of Election Schedules in Autocracies (abstract and manuscript)
- I Leave in Peace: Autocratic Elections and Negotiated Regime Transitions (abstract and manuscript)
- Publish More as Corruption Perishes: Scientific Research and Anticorruption Campaigns (with Zhongyang He) (abstract and manuscript)
- International Mudslinging in Vain: An Experiment on COVID-Related Propaganda and Overseas Nationals’ Support for Autocratic Government (with Rosemary Pang) (abstract and manuscript)
- Manipulated Date and Motivated Vote: How Changing Election Dates Shapes Turnout (abstract and manuscript)
Editor-Reviewed Publications
- Book review of Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy by Michael Albertus and Victor Menaldo. Democratization 27, no. 3 (2020): 497-499.
- "Insider Story: A Learned Evaluation of ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong". Book review of The Quest for Rule of Law in Hong Kong under One Country Two Systems (in Chinese) by A. H. Y. Chen. New Frontiers in Asian Scholarship, Harvard-Yenching Institute, January 28, 2013.
Work in Progress
- Divergence of Media Language in the China-U.S. Decoupling (with Danqing Mei and Wayne Yuan Gao)
- The Electoral Calendar and Coup Risk in Autocracies (with John Chin)