Gao, Jacque and Frederick R. Chen. 2026. “Less Is More: Property Rights and Dictators’ Demand for Foreign Direct Investment.” Review of International Organizations 21 (2): 237–262. [Lead article] [Open access]
Chen, Frederick R., 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]
Chen, Frederick R. 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
Chen, Frederick R. 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
Chen, Frederick R. 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
“Compliance in Non-Compliant Jurisdictions: How Domestic Judicial Rulings Regulate Multinational Corporations.” (with Jian Xu) R&R, World Politics
“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.”