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): 316–352 [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].
Winner of the David A. Lake Award for best paper at the 2019 International Political Economy Society Conference
Frederick R. Chen. 2021. “Extended Dependence: Trade, Alliances, and Peace.” Journal of Politics 83 (1): 246–259.
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
Frederick R. Chen. 2019. “Disentangling Bias: National Capabilities, Regime Type, and International Conflict Mediation.” Conflict Management and 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
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.”