Research

Publications

Frederick R. Chen, Jon C.W. Pevehouse, and Ryan M. Powers. 2023. “Great Expectations: The Democratic Advantage in Trade Attitudes.” World Politics 75 (2): 316352 [open access].

Frederick R. Chen and Jian Xu. 2023. “Partners with Benefits: When Multinational Corporations Succeed in Authoritarian Courts.” International Organization 77 (1): 144–178 [open access].

Frederick R. Chen. 2021. “Extended Dependence: Trade, Alliances, and Peace.” Journal of Politics 83 (1): 246–259.

Frederick R. Chen. 2019. “Disentangling Bias: National Capabilities, Regime Type, and International Conflict Mediation.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 36 (2): 149–168.

Research in Progress

Frederick R. Chen. “Foreign Policy in Hard Economic Times.”

Frederick R. Chen and Jian Xu. “Non-Compliant Compliance: How Jurisdictional Exposure Regulates Multinational Corporations.”

Frederick R. Chen and Jacque Gao. “Less Is More: Property Rights and Dictators' Demand for Foreign Direct Investment."

Frederick R. Chen and Jonathan A. Chu. “Firm Nationality and Local Government Preferences for Foreign Direct Investment.” 

Frederick R. Chen and Zhenhuan Lei. “Making Diplomacy Work: Types and Performance of U.S. Ambassadors.”

Frederick R. Chen. “Strategic Substitutions: Exchange Rate Regimes, Geopolitics, and Trade.”