Zhi-Lin Liu, Ji-Dong Chen, Nicolai Petrovsky, Wenchi Wei (2026). Theoretical and Practical Frontiers in Urban Governance from a Global Comparative Perspective. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.DOI
Yong-Dong Shen, Wenchi Wei, Chao An, Zhouyi Chen (2026). Fairness Perception, Administrative Burden, and Social Welfare Participation. Public Administration.DOI
Wenchi Wei, Xin Chen, Xing Ni (2026). Awareness, Costs, and Take-up of Social Benefits: Evidence from a Field Experiment in China. Journal of public administration research and theory.DOI
Wenchi Wei (2025). Political accountability and social equity in public budgeting: Examining the role of local institutions. Public Administration Review, Vol. 850, No. 5.DOI
Wenchi Wei, Nicolai Petrovsky, Xing Ni (2024). Citizen blame attributions for government fiscal crises: Experimental evidence from China. Governance-An International Journal Of Policy Administration And Institutions, Vol. 370, No. 4.DOI
Wenchi Wei, Xin Chen (2024). Service Outsourcing and Government Fiscal Conditions: Do Market Competition, Bureaucrat Support, and Management Capacity Matter? American Review Of Public Administration, Vol. 540, No. 6.DOI
Wenchi Wei, Wen Xu, Wenzhao Li (2024). Patronage, tournament, and political reward: Evidence from the model county party secretary in China. Governance-An International Journal Of Policy Administration And Institutions, Vol. 370, No. 3.DOI
Wenchi Wei, Chengwei Wang, Wenkang Zhai, Wenzhao Li (2023). Honor List and Shame Roll: Quasi-Experimental Evidence of the Effect of Performance Feedback under Political Control. Journal Of Public Administration Research And Theory, Vol. 330, No. 1.DOI
Wenchi Wei, Zhiwei Zhang, Kaifeng Yang (2022). Local institutions and public service outsourcing: Managerial professionalism, mayoral strength, and electoral rules. Public Administration Review, Vol. 820, No. 6.DOI
Wenchi Wei (2022). Fiscal Slack, Rule Constraints, and Government Corruption. Public Administration Review, Vol. 820, No. 50.DOI
Wenchi Wei (2022). Municipal Structure Matters: Evidence from Government Fiscal Performance. Public Administration Review, Vol. 820, No. 10.DOI
Wenchi Wei (2021). State fiscal constraint and local overrides: a regression discontinuity design estimation of the fiscal effects. Public Choice, Vol. 1890, No. 34.DOI
Wenchi Wei (2021). Exploring local government fiscal slack in a political-budgetary-managerial framework. Public Management Review, Vol. 230, No. 100.DOI
Wenchi Wei, J. S. Butler (2021). State Fiscal Constraints and Local Responses: Evidence from the Property Tax Limit Overrides in Massachusetts. Public Administration Review, Vol. 810, No. 3.DOI
Jinhai Yu, Wenchi Wei, J. S. Butler (2021). Fiscal Transparency and Government Credit Quality: Evidence from the US States. Public Performance & Management Review, Vol. 440, No. 2.DOI
Wenchi Wei, J. S. Butler, Edward T. Jennings (2019). The Determinants of Municipal Structures on a Political-Administrative Dimension. American Review Of Public Administration, Vol. 490, No. 2.DOI