Research

Peer-reviewed Publications

• "Less Is More: Property Rights and Dictators' Demand for Foreign Direct Investment" with Frederick R. Chen. (Accepted, The Review of International Organizations) 

  • Online Appendix

• "Investment with Insecure Property Rights: Capital Outflow Openness under Dictatorship" (The Review of International Organizations, 2022) 

• "On Plurality Voting and Runoff Elections: Information Revelation under Divided Majority" (Homo Oeconomicus, 2022)

• "Democratization in the Shadow of Globalization" (International Organization, 2021) 

• "Solving the Guardianship Dilemma by War" (Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2021)

• "Lobbying as a Multidimensional Tug of War" with John Duggan. (Social Choice and Welfare, 2020)

Working Papers

• ''Signaling Strength through Power Sharing'' with Marton Szabo. (under review)

• "Inducing Signals of Loyalty at the Risk of Entanglement" with Evan Resnick. 

  • Online Appendix

• "Delegate or Do It Alone? The United States and the UN Peacekeeping Operations" with Yu Mei.

Selected Work in Progress

• "Paying Respect: The International Politics of China's State Visits" with Randall Stone.

• "Hassling as a Screening Mechanism'' with Marton Szabo.

• "Transparency and Authoritarian Survival: How Outsider Threats Help Solve Dictators' Commitment Problem"

Other Publications

• "China-US Economic Rivalry: Implications for Southeast Asia." RSIS Commentary, 27 April 2023.