Research

Peer-reviewed Publications

Chen, C. Policy Responsiveness and Media Attention. [Accepted. Policy & Politics.]

Chen, C., Weible, C. M., Heikkila, T., & Kagan, J. Analyzing Policy Formulation by Comparing Proposed and Final Public Policies. [Accepted. International Review of Public Policy.]

Chen, C., Heikkila, T., Weible, C. M., Yordy, J., Yi, H., Berardo, R., & Kagan, J. Policy Composition and Adoption Duration: Capturing Conflicts in the Legislative Process (2022). Policy Studies Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12457

Yi, H., Weible, C. M., Chen, C., Kagan, J., Yordy, J., Berardo, R., & Heikkila, T. (2022). Measuring Policy Conflict and Concord. Society & Natural Resources, 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2029994

Yi, H., Chen, C. A Vacancy Chain Model of Local Managers’ Career Advancement. (2021). Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muab039

Berardo, R., Holm, F., Heikkila, T., Weible, C. M., Yi, H., Kagan, J., Chen, C., & Yordy, J. (2020). Hydraulic Fracturing and Political Conflict: News Media Coverage of Topics and Themes across Nine States. Energy Research & Social Science, 70, 101660. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101660

Weible, C. M., Yordy, J., Heikkila, T., Yi, H., Berardo, R., Kagan, J., & Chen, C. (2020). Portraying the Structure and Evolution of Polycentricity via Policymaking Venues. International Journal of the Commons, 14(1), 680-691. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1021

Research in Progress

Chen, C. Framing Energy-Efficiency Programs: A Survey Experiment [Revise and Resubmit. Energy Policy.]

Chen, C., Loibl, C., Moulton, S., Whitmarsh, L., & Yi, H. Self-Affirmed for Energy Efficiency: Intentions and Actions to Change Behavior. [Under review]

Kagan, J., Heikkila, T., Berardo, R., Yordy, J., Weible, C. M., Yi, H., Chen, C., & Holm, F. The Diversity of Policy Conflicts: Insights from the Oil and Gas Policy Domain. [Working paper]

Chen, C. Born to Pass? The Design of Passed and Failed Fracking Policies. [Working paper]

Chen, C. & Yi, H. How Far Can She go? Investigating Female and Male Public Managers’ Career Path with A Vacancy Chain Model. [Working paper]

Chen, C. & Benoit, V. Energy Crisis and Energy Trilemma. [Working paper]

Book Chapter

Chen, C. & Aschenbrenner, C. (2023) Environmental Policymaking in Authoritarian Countries: The Cases of Singapore and Russia. In Knill, C., Jorgens, H., & Steinbach, Y. (Eds.), Environmental Policy Handbook. Taylor & Francis. 

Report

Kagan, J., Berardo, R., Heikkila, T.,Weible, C. M., Yi, H., Yordy, J., & Chen, C. (2021). Perceptions of Oil and Gas Development Policies and Politics in the U.S.: 2020 Survey Report. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/5hx3hv7u

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