2027. “Compliance in Non-Compliant Jurisdictions: How Domestic Judicial Rulings Regulate Multinational Corporations.” World Politics (forthcoming). (with Jian Xu)
2026. “Less Is More: Property Rights and Dictators’ Demand for Foreign Direct Investment.” Review of International Organizations 21 (2): 237–262. (with Jacque Gao) [Lead article] [Open access]
2023. “Great Expectations: The Democratic Advantage in Trade Attitudes.” World Politics 75 (2): 316–352. [Open access] (with Jon C.W. Pevehouse and Ryan M. Powers)
2023. “Partners with Benefits: When Multinational Corporations Succeed in Authoritarian Courts.” International Organization 77 (1): 144–178. [Open access] (with Jian Xu)
Winner of the David A. Lake Award for best paper at the 2019 International Political Economy Society Conference
2021. “Extended Dependence: Trade, Alliances, and Peace.” Journal of Politics 83 (1): 246–259.
JOP special collection on the global economy (2026)
Winner of the Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award for outstanding research by a graduate student in the social sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2019–20
Winner of the Mildred Potter Hovland Award for best article by a Political Science graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2018–19
Coverage: Peterson Institute for International Economics, Monkey Cage
2019. “Disentangling Bias: National Capabilities, Regime Type, and International Conflict Mediation.” Conflict Management & Peace Science 36 (2): 149–168.
Winner of the Mildred Potter Hovland Award for best article by a Political Science graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2016–17
“Rivalry at the Grassroots: Firm Nationality and Local Government Preferences for Foreign Direct Investment.” (with Jonathan A. Chu) Under review
“Foreign Policy in Hard Economic Times.”
"Bad Governments, Good Citizens? Domestic Institutions and Foreign Attitudes." (with Haoming Xiong)
"Capital in the District: Foreign Direct Investment and U.S. Congressional Politics." (with Jing Luo)
“Horses for Courses: Political Ambassadors, Personal Connections, and Bilateral Diplomacy.” (with Erica Yunyi Huang and Zhenhuan Lei)
“Strategic Substitutions: Exchange Rate Regimes, Geopolitics, and Trade.”