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 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. “Economic Shocks, Domestic Politics, and Foreign Policy.”
Frederick R. Chen and Jian Xu. “Long-Arm Deterrence: Judicial Reach and Multinational Corporations in Authoritarian Regimes.”
Yi-Yi Chen, Frederick R. Chen, Fan Tang, and Gerald Schneider. “Reputation Lost, Credibility Gained? Re-appointing Failed Mediators in International Conflict.”
Frederick R. Chen. “Strategic Substitutions: Exchange Rate Regimes, Geopolitics, and Trade.”
Frederick R. Chen and Jian Xu. “Authoritarian Judiciaries in the Shadow of Interstate Tensions.”