Articles

Climate Policy

• Morality Meets Menu: Investigating the Impact of Moral Appeals on Vegetarianism through a Conjoint Survey Experiment. Climatic Change, 2024, 177:38.
• The Value of Unrealistic Targets: Why Some Climate Activists are Unwilling to Abandon the 1.5 °C Target. npj Climate Action, 2024, 3(29).
• Wind Turbines as New Smokestacks: Preserving Ruralness and Restrictive Land-Use Ordinances Across U.S. Counties. PLOS ONE, 2023, 18(12): e0294563.
• Does ESG Privilege Climate Action over Social and Governance Issues? A Content Analysis of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s Annual Letters. PLOS Sustainability & Transformation, 2023, 2(12): e0000090.
• Comparing Public Support for Nuclear and Wind Energy in Washington State. PLOS ONE, 2023, 18(4): e0284208.
• When, Where, and Which Climate Activists Have Vandalized Museums npj Climate Action, 2023, 2(27).
• Varieties of Just Transition: Public Support in South Africa’s Mpumalanga Coal Community for Different Policy Options. PLOS Climate, 2023, 2(5): e0000205.
• Command and Control or Market-Based Instruments? Public Support for Policies to Address Vehicular Pollution in Beijing and New Delhi. Environmental Politics, 2023, 32(4): 586-618.
• Does Partisanship Shape Public Support for Suspending U.S. Federal Gas Tax? A Survey Experiment. PLOS Climate, 2023, 2(6): e0000163.
• Pope Francis, Climate Message, and Meat Tax: Evidence from Survey Experiment in Italy. npj Climate Action, 2023, 2(10).
• Pursuing Decarbonization along with National Security: Assessing Public Support for the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine. PLOS ONE, 2023, 18(1): 283–301.
• Does Carbon Pricing Spur Climate Innovation? A Panel Study, 1986-2019, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 395: 136459.
• Three Faces of Climate Justice. Annual Review of Political Science, 2022, 25: 283–301.
• Electoral Appeal of Climate Policies: The Green New Deal and the 2020 U.S. House of Representatives Election. PLOS Climate, 2022, 1(6): e0000043.
• Distributional Concerns and Public Opinion: EV Subsidies in the U.S. and Japan Energy Policy, 2022, 164: 112883.
• Have Renewable Energy Leaders Announced Aggressive Emission Reduction Goals? Examining Variations in the Stringency of Country-level Net-Zero Emission Pledges. PLOS Climate, 2022, 1(11): e0000094.
• Signaling Climate Resilience to Municipal Bond Markets: Does Membership in Adaptation-focused Voluntary Clubs Affect Bond Rating? Climatic Change, 2022, 171(9).
• Do Windy Areas have more Wind Turbines: An Empirical Analysis of Wind Installed Capacity in Native Tribal Nations. PLOS ONE , 2022,17(2): e0261752 .
• Different Approaches to Reducing Aviation Emissions: Reviewing the Structure-Agency Debate in Climate Policy. Climate Action , 2022.
• Public Support for Climate Adaptation Aid and Migrants: A Conjoint Experiment in Japan. Environmental Research Letters, 2021, 2021, 16: 124073.
• Willingness to Help Climate Migrants: A Survey Experiment in the Korail Slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh. PLOS ONE, 2021, 16(4): e0249315.
• Does the “NIMBY Syndrome” Undermine Public Support for Nuclear Power in Japan?. Energy Policy, 2021, 148: 111944 .
• Native American Tribal Governments, Cross-Sectoral Climate Policy, and the Role of Intertribal Networks. Climatic Change, 2020, 160, 35–43 .
• Policy Design and Public Support for Carbon Tax: Evidence from a 2018 U.S. National Online Survey Experiment. Public Administration, 2020, 98(4): 905-921 .
• Did TV Ads Funded by the Fossil Fuel Industry Defeat the Washington Carbon Tax?. Climatic Change, 2020, 158: 301-307.
• Do Exemptions Undermine Environmental Policy Support? An Experimental Stress Test on the Odd-Even Road Space Rationing Policy in India. Regulation & Governance, 2020, 14: 481-500.
• Hardin's Oversimplification of Population Growth. Nature Sustainability, 2019, 2: 78-79.
• Exploring the Adaptation-Mitigation Relationship: Does Information on the Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Influence Support for Mitigation? Environmental Communication, 2018, 12(7): 911-927.
• The Politics of Climate Change Adaptation. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2018, 43(1): 1-25.
• Join the Club: How the Domestic NGO Sector Induces Participation in the Covenant of Mayors Program. International Interactions, 2017, 43(1): 26-47.
• The EU Effect: Does Trade with the EU Reduce CO2 Emissions in the Developing World? Environmental Politics, 2016, 26(1): 27-48.
• We Feel your Pain: Environmentalists, Coal miners, and embedded environmentalism. Solutions, 2016, 7(1): 32-37.
• Risks and Risk Governance in Unconventional Shale Gas Development. Environmental Science and Technology, 2014, 48(15): 8289-8297.
• Confronting the "China Excuse:" The Political Logic of Climate Change Adaptation, Solutions, 2015, 6(4): 27-29.
• Incentivizing Self-Regulation: Federal vs. State-level Voluntary Programs in U.S. Climate Change Policies. Regulation & Governance, 2012, 6(4): 445-473.
• The Two "Limits" Debates: "Limits to Growth" and Climate Change. Futures, 2011, 43(1): 16-26.

Environmental Issues

• Command and Control or Market-based Instruments? Public Support for Policies to Address Vehicular Pollution in Beijing and New Delhi. Environmental Politics, 2023. 32(4): 586-618 .
• Global Governance for Pandemic Prevention and the Wildlife Trade. The Lancet, 2023, 7(4): e336-e345.
• Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine for the Governance of Biodiversity Conservation. Frontiers in Conservation Science , 2023, 4.
• The Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Accident on BP’s Reputation and Stock Market Returns. PLoS ONE, 2022, 17(6): e026874.
• The Global Diffusion of Environmental Clubs: How Pressure from Importing Countries Supports the Chemical Industry’s Responsible Care® Program. World Development, 2020, 127.
• How the Opposing Pressures of Industrialization and Democratization Influence Clean Water Access in Urban and Rural Areas: A Panel Study, 1991–2010. Environmental Politics and Governance, 2020, 30(4): 182-195
• Selectively Assertive: Interventions of India’s Supreme Court to Enforce Environmental Laws Sustainability, 2019, 11(24).
• Reducing Toxic Chemical Pollution in Response to Multiple Information Signals: The 33/50 Voluntary Program and Toxicity Disclosures. Ecological Economics, 2018, 146:193-202.
• How Voluntary Programs Reduce Pollution. Public Adminstration Review, 2018, 78(4): 537-544.
• The Stakeholder Scrutiny, Urban Bias, and the Private Provision of Public Goods Business and Politics, 2017, 20(2):1-28.
• Corporate Environmentalism: Motivations and Mechanisms. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2016, 41: 341-362.
• The Gold Rush: The Popularity of the Gold Tier in LEED Building Certification. Environmental Policy and Governance, 2016, 26: 543-555.
• Foreign Aid, Economic Globalization, and Pollution. Policy Sciences, 2015, 48(2): 181-205.
• "Bluewashing" the Firm?: Voluntary Regulations, Program Design and Member Compliance with the United Nations Global Compact ISO 14001. Policy Studies Journal, 2015, 43(1): 115-138.
• Voluntary Regulations and Innovation: The Case of ISO 14001. Public Administration Review, 2014, 74(2): 233-244.
• Global Private Regimes, Domestic Public Law: ISO 14001 and Pollution Reduction. Comparative Political Studies, 2014, 47(3): 369 - 394
• Public Authority and Private Rules: How Domestic Regulatory Institutions Shape the Adoption of Global Private Regimes. International Studies Quarterly, 2014, 58(4): 793-803.
• Green Clubs: Collective Action and Voluntary Environmental Programs. Annual Review of Political Science, 2013, 16: 399-419.
• Do Voluntary Programs Reduce Pollution? Examining ISO 14001's Effectiveness across Countries. Policy Studies Journal, 2013, 41(2): 273-294.
• Signaling Environmental Stewardship in the Shadow of Weak Governance: The Global Diffusion of ISO 14001. Law & Society Review, 2013, 47(2): 345-373.
• Trade Competition and Environmental Regulations: Domestic Political Constraints and Issue Visibility. Journal of Politics, 2012, 74(1): 1-17.
• From Norms to Programs: The United Nations Global Compact and Global Governance. Regulation & Governance, 2012, 6(2): 149-166.
• Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Comparative Perspective. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011, 31(1): 123-138.
• Trade Competition and Domestic Pollution: A Panel Study, 1980-2003. International Organization, 2010, 64(Summer): 481-503.
• Sponsorship Matters: Assessing Business Participation in Government- and Industry-sponsored Voluntary Environmental Programs. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2010, 20(2): 283-307.
• Investing Up: FDI and the Cross-National Diffusion of ISO 14001. International Studies Quarterly, 2007, 51(3): 723-744.
• Collective Action through Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Club Theory Perspective. Policy Studies Journal, 2007, 35(4): 773-792.
• Racing to the Bottom?: Trade, Environmental Governance, and ISO 14001. American Journal of Political Science, 2006, 50(2): 347-361.
• Green Clubs and Voluntary Governance: ISO 14001 and Firms' Regulatory Performance. American Journal of Political Science, 2005, 49(2): 235-248.
• Covenants with Weak Swords: ISO 14001 and Firms' Environmental Performance. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24(4): 745-769.
• The Regulation Dilemma: Cooperation and Conflict in Environmental Governance. Public Administration Review, 2004, 64(2):137-148.
• Biopolitics in the US and the EU: A Race to the Bottom or Convergence to the Top? International Studies Quarterly, 2003, 47(4): 617-641.
• Responsible Care: An Assessment. Business & Society, 2000, 39(2): 183-209.
• Green Marketing, Public Policy, and Managerial Strategies. Business Strategy and the Environment, 2002, 11(5): 285-297.
• Green by Choice? Cross-National Variations in Firms??? Responses to EMS-based Environmental Regimes. World Politics, 2001, 53 (April): 399-430.

NGOs and Nonprofits

• Delivering Public Services to the Underserved: Nonprofits and the Latino Threat Narrative. Public Adminstration Review, 2023, 83:78-91.
• NGO Failure: A Theoretical Synthesis. Voluntas, 2022, 33: 661–671.
• Does the Economic Decline of the West and the Rise of China Encourage NGO Crackdown?. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2022, 51(2): 429–443.
• Why Restrictive NGO Foreign Funding Laws Reduce Voter Turnout in Africa’s National Elections. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2022, 51(1): 170-189.
• Recovering from Scandals: Twitter Coverage of Oxfam and Save the Children Scandals. Voluntas, 2020, 31: 94–110.
• Biased Altruism? Islamophobia and Donor Support for Global Humanitarian Organizations. Public Administration Review, 2019, 79(1): 113-124.
• Global Non-Profit Chains and the Challenges of Development Aid Contracting. Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2018, 9(4): 1-12.
• Do Donors Reduce Bilateral Aid to Countries With Restrictive NGO Laws? A Panel Study, 1993-2012. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2018, 47(1): 89-106.
• Do Government and Foreign Funding Influence Individual Donations to Religious Nonprofits? A Survey Experiment in Pakistan Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2017, 8(3): 237-273.
• Join the Club: How the Domestic NGO Sector Induces Participation in the Covenant of Mayors Program. International Interactions, 2017, 43(1): 26-47.
• Will You Trust Me?: How Individual American Donors Respond to Informational Signals Regarding Local and Global Humanitarian Charities, Voluntas, 2017, 8: 621-647.
• Regulation by Reputation: Monitoring and Sanctioning in Nonprofit Accountability Clubs. Public Administration Review, 2016, 76(5): 712-722.
• Hands Off My Regime! Governments Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Non-Governmental Organizations in Poor and Middle-Income Countries. World Development. 2016, 84: 299-311,
• Accountability.org: Online Disclosures by U.S. Nonprofits. Voluntas, 2015, 26(2): 693-719.
• Who Survived? Ethiopia's Regulatory Crackdown on Foreign-funded NGOs. Review of International Political Economy, 2015, 22(2): 419-456.
• National Styles of NGO Regulations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2014, 43(4): 716-736.
• NGOization, Foreign Funding, and the Nicaraguan Civil Society. Voluntas, 2014, 25(2: 487-513.
• Foreign Aid to Local NGOs: Good Intentions, Bad Policy, opendemocracy.net, 15 November 2012.
• Charity Watchdogs and the Limits of Information-Based Regulation. Voluntas, 2011, 22(1): 112-141.
• Trust but Verify? Voluntary Regulation Programs in the Nonprofit Sector. Regulation & Governance, 2010, 4(1): 22-47.
• NGO Research Program: A Collective Action Perspective. Policy Sciences. Policy Sciences, 2007, 40(3): 221-240.
• Direct Targeting as NGO Political Strategy: Examining Private Authority Regimes in the Forestry Sector. Business and Politics, 2006, 8(3): 1-32.
• Using Ideas Strategically: Examining the Contest between Business and NGO Networks in Intellectual Property Rights. International Studies Quarterly, 2004, 48(1): 143-175.

Labor, Women, and Human Rights

• Pandemics and Citizen Perceptions about Their Country: Did COVID-19 Increase National Pride in South Korea. Nations and Nationalism , 2021, 27(3): 623-637.
• Do Economic Problems at Home Undermine Worker Safety Abroad?: A Panel Study, 1980-2009. World Development, 2018, 96: 562-577.
• From Quality Control to Labor Protection: ISO 9001 and Workplace Safety, 1993-2012 Global Policy, 2017, 8: 66-77.
• The Shanghai Effect: Do Exports to China Influence Labor Practices in Africa? World Development, 2017, 89(January): 1-18.
• Revenue Substitution? How Foreign Aid Inflows Moderate the Effect of Bilateral Trade Pressures on Labor Rights. World Development, 2015, 67(March): 295-309.
• Economic Development and Gender Equality: Is there a Gender Kuznets Curve? World Politics, 2013, 65(1): 156-184.
• Where is the Tipping Point? Bilateral Trade and the Diffusion of Human Rights, 1982- 2004. British Journal of Political Science, 2013, 43(1): 133-156.
• Trade and Labor Rights: A Panel Study, 1986-2002. American Political Science Review, 2009, 103(4): 669-690.

Trade, FDI, and Aid

• Do Donors Reduce Bilateral Aid to Countries With Restrictive NGO Laws? A Panel Study, 1993-2012. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quaterly, 2018, 47(1): 89-106.
• Foreign Aid, Economic Globalization, and Pollution. Policy Sciences, 2015, 48(2): 181-205.
• NGOization, Foreign Funding, and the Nicaraguan Civil Society. Voluntas, 2014, 25(2): 487-513.
• Where is the Tipping Point? Bilateral Trade and the Diffusion of Human Rights, 1982-2004. British Journal of Political Science, 2013, 43(1): 133-156.
• Trade Competition and Environmental Regulations: Domestic Political Constraints and Issue Visibility. Journal of Politics, 2012, 74(1): 1-17.
• Growing Exports by Signaling Product Quality: Trade Competition and the Cross-National Diffusion of ISO 9000 Quality Standards. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010, 30(1): 111-135.
• Instrumental Philanthropy: Trade and the Allocation of Foreign Aid. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2010, 43(3): 733-761.
• Trade and Labor Rights: A Panel Study, 1986-2002. American Political Science Review, 2009, 103(4): 669-690.
• Information Asymmetries as Trade Barriers: ISO 9000 Increases International Commerce. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2009, 28(2): 221-238.
• The Influence of Foreign Direct Investment on Contracting Confidence in Developing Countries. Regulation & Governance,2008, 2(3): 316-339.
• Protecting Jobs in the Age of Globalization: Examining the Relative Salience of Social Welfare and Industrial Subsidies in OECD Countries. International Studies Quarterly, 2007, 51(2): 301-327.
• Trade versus Aid?: Donor Generosity in the Era of Globalization. Policy Sciences, 2007, 40(2): 157-179.
• Investing Up: FDI and the Cross-National Diffusion of ISO 14001. International Studies Quarterly, 2007, 51(3): 723-744.
• Racing to the Bottom?: Trade, Environmental Governance, and ISO 14001. American Journal of Political Science, 2006, 50(2): 347-361.
• Bargains Old and New: Multinationals in Global Governance. Business and Politics, 2003, 5(2): 131-150.

Others

• Inter-Governmental Regimes and Recruitment to Private Regimes: GATT/WTO and the ISO, 1951-2005 Global Policy 2018, 9(3): 352-364
• Advances in Research on Nonprofit Advocacy and Civic Engagement. Voluntas 2017, 28(3): 877-887.
• Dysfunctional Institutions: Towards a New Agenda in Governance Studies. Regulation & Governance 2016, 10: 111-125
• Risks and Risk Governance in Unconventional Shale Gas Development. Environmental Science and Technology 2014,48 (15): 8289-8297.
• The World is not Scandinavia. Boston Review, May/June, 2013.
• Beyond Seattle: Globalization, the Non-Market Environment, and Business Strategy. Review of International Political Economy, 2002, 9(3): 513-537.
• The Afghanistan War and the Breakdown of the Soviet Union. Review of International Studies, 1999, 25: 693-708.