Research

Below is the list of selected publications. For the full list, please see my CV available here.

Trade Policy, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior

Target, Information, and Trade Preferences: Evidence from Survey Experiment in East Asia
with Jong Hee Park, Inbox Rhee and Joonseok Yang
American Journal of Political Science, 2023, 67(4): 898-914

Do Voters Reward Politicians for Trade Liberalization? Evidence from South Korea
with Sujin Cha
Review of International Organizations, 2022, 17: 751–780

The Politics of Trade Adjustment vs. Trade Protection
with Krzysztof Pelc 
Comparative Political Studies, 2021, 54 (13): 2354-2381 

How Responsive is Trade Adjustment Assistance?
with Krzysztof Pelc 
Political Science Research and Methods, 2021, 9(4): 889-898

Tariffs as Electoral Weapons: The Political Geography of the U.S.-China Trade War
with Yotam Margalit
International Organization, 2021, 75 (1): 1-38

Trade Competition and Worker Compensation: Why Do Some Receive More than Others?
with Krzysztof Pelc 
International Studies Quarterly, 2021, 65 (1): 109-121

Informed Preferences? The Impact of Unions on Workers’ Policy Views
with Yotam Margalit
American Journal of Political Science, 2017, 61 (3): 728-743

China in the Global Economy

The Politics of Rejection: Explaining Chinese Import Refusals
with Rebecca L. Perlman & Grace Zeng
Accept with Revision at American Journal of Political Science

Losing Hearts and Minds? Unpacking the Effects of Chinese Soft Power Initiatives in Africa
with Sujin Cha & Yehzee Ryoo
Asian Survey,2023, 63 (1): 1–30

Severing the Belt and Road: Overseas Chinese Networks and COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
with Adrian J. Shin & Yujeong Yang
Foreign Policy Analysis, 2023, 19(2): orac038

Buying Influence? Rotating Leadership in ASEAN and Allocation of Chinese Foreign Aid
with Taegyun Lim
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2023, 23(2): 351–377

When Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: Local Adoption of Social Policy Reform in China
with Xian Huang
Governance, 2020, 33 (2): 343-363

Media Bias against Foreign Firms as a Veiled Trade Barrier: Evidence from Chinese Newspapers
American Political Science Review, 2018, 112 (4): 954-970

Political Economy of Environment and Energy

Gasoline in the Voter’s Pocketbook: Driving Times to Work and the Electoral Implications of Gasoline Price Fluctuations

with Joonseok Yang
American Politics Research 2022, 50 (3): 312-319

Incorporating Political-Feasibility Concerns into the Assessment of India’s Clean-Air Policies
with Wei Peng, Pallav Purohit, Johannes Urpelainen and Fabian Wagner
One Earth 2021, 4: 1-12 

State Policy and Lobbying in a Federal System: Evidence from the Production Tax Credit for Renewable Energy, 1998-2012
with Johannes Urpelainen and Joonseok Yang
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 2021, 21 (1): 1-30 

Environmental Degradation and Public Opinion: The Case of Air Pollution in Vietnam
with S.P. Harish, Ryan Kennedy, Xiaomeng Jin and Johannes Urpelainen 
Journal of Environment & Development 2020, 29 (2): 196-222 

Environmental Effects of GATT/WTO Membership: An Empirical Evaluation
with Johannes Urpelainen and Joonseok Yang
International Interactions 2019, 45 (4): 917-932

The Broad Impact of a Narrow Conflict: How Natural Resource Windfalls Shape Policy and Politics
with Japser Cooper and Johannes Urpelainen
Journal of Politics 2018, 80 (2): 630-646

Environmental Public Opinion in U.S. States
with Johannes Urpelainen
Environmental Politics 2018, 27 (1): 89-114

The Polarization of American Environmental Policy: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Senate and House Votes, 1971-2013
with Johannes Urpelainen
Review of Policy Research 2017, 34 (4): 456-484. 

Electric Utilities and American Climate Policy: Lobbying by Expected Winners and Losers
with Johannes Urpelainen and Joonseok Yang
Journal of Public Policy 2016, 36 (2): 251-275

Technology Competition and International Co-operation: Friends or Foes? 
with Johannes Urpelainen
British Journal of Political Science 2014, 44 (3): 545-574.