Democracy, Public Support, and Measurement Uncertainty

Study reexamining analyses in two prominent recent studies on classic hypotheses on democracy and public support and underscoring the necessity of accounting for measurement uncertainty. (American Political Science Review)

Policy Burden, Issue Salience, and COVID-19 Policy Adoption in China

Study exploring why some policies diffuse more broadly than others during the outbreak of COVID-19 in China and finding the location of policy burden and the national salience of COVID-19 explain variation in policy adoption. (Under Review)

Determinants of Chinese Provincial Governments’ Responses to the 2018 Vaccine Scandal: Policy Orientation and Neighbor Effect

Study finding that policy orientation and neighbor effect, rather than fiscal capacity, shape how subnational governments react to a public health crisis by using event history analysis and spatial models.(Asian Survey)

Policy Adoption and Diffusion during the COVID-19 Crisis

Study highlighting the political dynamics of policy adoption and crisis response within China. (Revised and Resubmitted)

Judge’s Gender and Oral Language Skills: An Empirical Analysis of Chinese Courtroom Audio

Study investigating whether there is a performance disparity between men and women in a patriarchal institution by using machine-learning on audio data.(Under Review)