Policy Adoption and Diffusion during the COVID-19 Crisis

Study exploring the variation in policy adoption among Chinese provincial governments during COVID19 and finding policies diffuse from the centre to the provinces in the same way that non-crisis policies diffuse.(Journal of Asian Public Policy)

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

Study exploring why some of these policies diffused more quickly across provinces than others during COVID19 in China and finding policy features matter. (Working Paper)

Gubernatorial Executive Orders or Bills? Determinants of States’ Action Choice during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Study investigating the effect of interbranch professionalism gap on features of policymaking during the early time of COVID19. (Working Paper)