Selected Publications:

• Jiangnan Zhu, Steve Bai, Siqin Kang, Juan Wang, Kaixiao Liu, “Authoritarian Cue Effect of State Repression”, American Journal of Political Science, online first (open access), https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12916
• Wanlin Lin, Siqin Kang, Jiangnan Zhu, and Li Ding, “Till We Have Red Faces: Drinking to Signal Trustworthiness in Contemporary China”  Public Choice, online first  (open access).
• Chengli Wang, Jiangnan Zhu, and Dong Zhang, “The Paradox of Information Control Under Authoritarianism: Explaining Trust in Competing Messages in China”, Political Studies, online first.
• Jiangnan Zhu and Weijia Chen, “Promoting China out of Self-interest: Chinese Diaspora Diplomacy in Chile“, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, online first.
• Jiangnan Zhu, Hanyu Xiao, and Bin Wu, “From Big Data to Higher Bureaucratic Capacity: Poverty Alleviation in China“, Public Administration, online first
• Jing Vivian Zhan and Jiangnan Zhu, “Policy Coordination and Selective Corruption Control in China“, Policy Studies Journal, forthcoming.
• Jiangnan Zhu, “The Rise and Fall of Ruling Oligarchs: Fighting ‘Political Corruption’ in China“, The China Review, Vol.22, No. 2 (May 2022), 49-79.
• Jiangnan Zhu and Bo Wen, “Trace the Money, Seize the Fugitives: China’s Other Anticorruption Battle“, Journal of Contemporary China, online first
• Jiangnan Zhu and Nikolai Mukhin, “The Modern Regency: Leadership Transition and Authoritarian Resilience of the Former Soviet Union and China“, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 54, Number 1-2, pp. 24–44.
• Jiangnan Zhu, “Out of China’s Reach: Globalized Corruption Fugitives” The China Journal,  no.86, July 202​1.
• Jiangnan Zhu and Chengli Wang, “I Know What You Mean: Information Compensation in an Authoritarian Country”, International Journal of Press/Politics, online first, 2020
• Siqin Kang and Jiangnan Zhu, “Do People Trust the Government More? Unpacking the Distinct Impacts of Anticorruption Policies on Political Trust”, Political Research Quarterly, online first, 2020
• Jiangnan Zhu and Hui Li, “Elite Power Competition and Corruption Investigation in China: A Case Study” Modern China, Vol 17, Issue 3 (May 2020), pp.307-335.​
• Jiangnan Zhu, Huang Huang, and Dong Zhang, “Big Tigers, Big Data”: Learning Social Reactions to China’s Anticorruption Campaign through Online Feedback, Public Administration Review, online first.
• Jiangnan Zhu and Dong Zhang. (forthcoming). “Weapons of the Powerful: Authoritarian Elite Competition and Politicized Anticorruption in China,” Comparative Political Studies
• Jiangnan Zhu and Dong Zhang, “Does Corruption Hinder Private Businesses? Leadership Stability and Predictable Corruption in China”, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, Jun 2016 online first
• Jiangnan Zhu, Qi Zhang, and Zhikuo Lu, “Eating, Drinking, and Power Signaling in Institutionalized Authoritarianism: The Antiwaste Campaign of Xi Jinping”, Journal of Contemporary China, May 2016 accepted.
• Yiping Wu and Jiangnan Zhu, “When Are People Unhappy? The Corruption Experiences, Environment, and Happiness in Mainland China,” Journal of Happiness Studies, Vol 17, No. 3 (June 2016), pp. 1125-1147.
• Juncheng Feng, Kezhong Zhang, and Jiangnan Zhu, “How Political Turbulence Changes Disincentives of Environmental Protection: Evidence from Crime Crackdown in Chongqing”, Social Indicators Research, Oct 2015 online first.
• Huibing Zhao and Jiangnan Zhu, “Social Impetus, Economic Roots and Political Logic: China’s Transformation through the Lens of American History,” The Chinese Economy, Vol. 47, No. 6 (November–December 2014).
• Xin Sun, Jiangnan Zhu, and Yiping Wu, “Organizational Clientelism: An Analysis of Private Entrepreneurs in Chinese Local Legislatures,” Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol.14, No. 1 (2014), pp.1-29.
• Jiangnan Zhu and Yiping Wu, “Who Pays More ‘Tributes’ to the Government? Sectoral Corruption of China’s Private Enterprises,” Crime, Law and Social Change, Vol.64 (2014), pp.309-333.
• Jiangnan Zhu and Jie Lu, “One Rising China, Multiple Interpretations: World Representation of China’s 60th Anniversary Celebration,” Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 22, No.84, (November 2013), pp 1067-1088.
• Jiangna Zhu, Jie Lu, and Tianjian Shi, “When Grapevine News Meets Mass Media: Different Information Sources and Perceptions of Government Corruption in Mainland China,” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 46, Issue 8, (August 2013), pp. 920-946.
• Jiangnan Zhu and Xueyong Wang, “Unveiling the Political Elites: High-Rank Chinese Officials on Television Talk Shows,” Journal of Chinese Political Science, Vol. 18, No.2, (July 2013), pp. 117-137.
• Zhenpo Wang and Jiangnan Zhu, “The Evolution of China’s City Size Distribution: Empirical Evidence from 1949 to 2008,” The Chinese Economy, Vol. 46, No. 1, (January-Feburary 2013), pp. 38-54.
• Jiangnan Zhu, “Do Severe Penalties Deter Corruption? A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Chinese Case,” China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China, Vol. 12, No.2 (Autumn 2012), pp. 1-32.
• Jiangnan Zhu, “The Shadow of the Skyscrapers: Real Estate Corruption in China,” Journal of Contemporary China, Vol.21, No.74, (March 2012), pp. 243-260.
• Yiping Wu, and Jiangnan Zhu, “Corruption, Anticorruption, and Intercounty Income Disparity in China,” Social Science Journal, Vol. 48, Issue 3 (September 2011), pp.435-448.
• Jiangnan Zhu, “Why Are Offices for Sale in China? A Case Study of the Office-Selling Chain in Heilongjiang Province,” Asian Survey, Vol. 48, Issue 4, (July/August 2008), pp.558-579.