A growing body of literature studies the personalization of power in authoritarian regimes.
Yet, how institutions can become a credible constraint to dictatorial rule is less widely …

This article examines the role of policy entrepreneurs in countering regulatory capture, a
phenomenon whereby regulatory bodies influenced by industry lobbying often prioritize …

Do corrupt officials govern differently in elected office? This article develops a theoretical
framework and analyzes new data from financial disclosures to estimate the governing costs …

This conceptual paper takes a dynamic view of culture to re-examine the tradeoffs between
positive and negative aspects of guanxi in China. Because of cross-border collaboration and …

This study investigates the impact of global networks on e-government development and the
role of political regime types in e-government diffusion through international networks. We …

Existing scholarship establishes that authoritarian regimes make claims about their
legitimacy yet does not tell us what makes these claims effective. This article argues that …

There has been a debate on how the state-driven anticorruption movement during the Xi
Jinping administration has influenced state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Research has …

My dissertation studies the politics of appointing insiders and outsiders in China's provincial
government agencies. This study is motivated by the following puzzles: why are most …

A large body of scholarship shows that autocrats can use corruption strategically to
strengthen their political hold, such as by distributing rents to their supporters. However, this …

Purpose This paper provides evidence from the Philippines that strong presidents (termed
here as hyper-presidents) have failed to address systemic corruption despite their anti …