Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 2004
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012 - 2016
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • MAY 16, 2016

    VietNamNet Bridge

    Edmund Malesky comments: U.S. public opinion targets President Obama's Vietnam visit

  • MAR 21, 2016

    The New York Times Company

    Edmund Malesky comments: In one-party Vietnam, independents vie for assembly seats

  • JAN 25, 2016

    Reuters

    Edmund Malesky comments: Vietnam begins internal party election, leadership still uncertain

  • OCT 8, 2015

    China Expert to Speak on Democracy vs. Meritocracy

  • SEP 4, 2014

    Bloomberg Businessweek

    Edmund Malesky: Saigon beating Hanoi four decades after Vietnam War

  • JUL 18, 2014

    South China Morning Post

    Drilling for diplomacy: How China's rig removal affects change in Vietnam

  • JUN 30, 2014

    The New York Times

    Q-and-A: Edmund Malesky on Vietnam and China

  • JUN 6, 2014

    The Washington Post

    Edmund Malesky, co-authors: What good is a fake legislature?

  • JUN 3, 2014

    the Washington Post

    Diversity is Good for Team Performance in Soccer

  • JUN 3, 2014

    The Washington Post

    Edmund Malesky, co-author: Diversity is good for team performance in soccer
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  Awards & Honors

  • Best Paper. International Political Economy Society. November 2012
  • Gabriel A. Almond Award. American Political Science Association. 2005
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Asia (Continent) 
    • China (Country) 
    • Viet Nam (Country) 

  • Research

    • China (Country) 
    • Viet Nam (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Doctoral Dissertation Research - Behavioral Traits and Political Selection in Authoritarian Ruling Parties awarded by  National Science Foundation 2018 - 2019
  • Myanmar Social and Economic Governance Index (MYSEGI) awarded by Asia Foundation 2017 - 2019
  • SEAREG awarded by Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. 2014 - 2018
  • "Participation and Regulatory Compliance in Vietnam: A Field Experiment" awarded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014 - 2015
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Jensen, NM, and Malesky, EJ. Incentives to pander: How politicians use corporate welfare for political gain. March 15, 2018.  Full Text
    • Stromseth, JR, Malesky, EJ, Gueorguiev, DD, Hairong, L, Xixin, W, and Brinton, C. China's governance puzzle: Enabling transparency and participation in a single-party state. February 27, 2017.  Full Text
    • Jensen, NM, Biglaiser, G, Li, Q, Malesky, E, Pinto, PM, Pinto, SM, and Staats, JL. Politics and foreign direct investment. December 1, 2012.

  • Book Sections

    • Malesky, EJ. "Manipulating elites." In Ethics and Experiments: Problems and Solutions for Social Scientists and Policy Professionals, 217-226. December 22, 2015.  Full Text
    • McCulloch, N, and Malesky, E. "What determines the quality of subnational economic governance? Comparing Indonesia and Vietnam." In Regional Dynamics in a Decentralized Indonesia, 208-229. January 1, 2014.
    • Abrami, RM, Malesky, EJ, and Zheng, Y. "Vietnam Through Chinese Eyes: Divergent Accountability in Single-Party Regimes." September 30, 2013.
    • Malesky, EJ. "Interest Group Politics." In Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability, 59-68. August 29, 2013.  Full Text
    • Gehlbach, S, and Malesky, EJ. "The Grand Experiment that Wasn’t? New Institutional Economics and the Postcommunist Experience." In Economic Institutions, Rights, Growth, and Sustainability: the Legacy of Douglass North, edited by S Galiani and I Sened. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
    • MALESKY, EJ. "Political Economy of Financial Globalization: Globalization of Finance and Interest Group Politics." In The Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
    • Malesky, EJ. "Provincial Governance and Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam." In Twenty Years of Foreign Investment in Vietnam, edited by SE Times. Knowledge Publishing House, 2008.
    • Malesky, EJ. "The Vietnam War." In International encyclopedia of the social sciences, edited by WA Darity, 612-617. Macmillan Reference USA, 2008.
    • Malesky, EJ. "Push, Pull, and Reinforcing: The Channels of FDI Influence on Provincial Governance in Vietnam." In Beyond Hanoi: Local Governance in Vietnam, edited by B Kerkvliet and D Marr, 285-333. nstitute for South East Asian Studies and NIAS Press, 2004.

  • Journal Articles

    • Jensen, NM, and Malesky, EJ. "Nonstate Actors and Compliance with International Agreements: An Empirical Analysis of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention." International Organization 72, no. 01 (2018): 33-69.  Full Text
    • Becker, J, and Malesky, E. "The Continent or the “Grand Large”? Strategic Culture and Operational Burden-Sharing in NATO." International Studies Quarterly 61, no. 1 (March 2017): 163-180.  Full Text
    • Findley, MG, Jensen, NM, Malesky, EJ, and Pepinsky, TB. "Can Results-Free Review Reduce Publication Bias? The Results and Implications of a Pilot Study." Comparative Political Studies 49, no. 13 (November 2016): 1667-1703.  Full Text
    • Malesky, EJ. "Transfer Pricing and Global Poverty." International Studies Review 17, no. 4 (December 2015): 669-677.  Full Text
    • Malesky, E, McCulloch, N, and Nhat, ND. "The impact of governance and transparency on firm investment in Vietnam." Economics of Transition 23, no. 4 (October 2015): 677-715.  Full Text
    • Jensen, NM, Malesky, EJ, and Walsh, M. "Competing for global capital or local voters? The politics of business location incentives." Public Choice 164, no. 3-4 (September 2015): 331-356.  Full Text
    • Malesky, EJ, Gueorguiev, DD, and Jensen, NM. "Monopoly Money: Foreign Investment and Bribery in Vietnam, a Survey Experiment." American Journal of Political Science 59, no. 2 (February 2015): 419-439.  Full Text
    • Malesky, E, and Morris-Jung, J. "Vietnam in 2014: Uncertainty and opportunity in the wake of the HS-981 crisis." Asian Survey 55, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 165-173.  Full Text
    • Jensen, NM, Malesky, E, Medina, M, and Ozdemir, U. "Pass the Bucks: Credit, Blame, and the Global Competition for Investment." International Studies Quarterly 58, no. 3 (September 2014): 433-447.  Full Text
    • Malesky, E, and London, J. "The Political Economy of Development in China and Vietnam." Annual Review of Political Science 17, no. 1 (May 11, 2014): 395-419.  Full Text
    • MALESKY, EJ, NGUYEN, CV, and TRAN, A. "The Impact of Recentralization on Public Services: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Abolition of Elected Councils in Vietnam." American Political Science Review 108, no. 01 (February 2014): 144-168.  Full Text
    • Malesky, E. "Vietnam in 2013: Single-party politics in the internet age." Asian Survey 54, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 30-38. (Review)  Full Text
    • Dinh, TM, Malesky, EJ, To, TT, and Nguyen, DT. "The Effect of Interest Rate Subsidies on Firm Performance and Investment Behavior during Economic Recession: Evidence from Vietnam." Journal of Asian Economics FORTHCOMING (2013). (Academic Article)
    • Jensen, N, Malesky, EJ, and Weymouth, S. "Unbundling the Relationship between Authoritarian Legislatures and Political Risk." British Journal of Politics FORTHCOMING (2013). (Academic Article)
    • Malesky, EJ, and Schuler, P. "Star Search: Do Elections Help Nondemocratic Regimes Identify New Leaders?." Journal of East Asian Studies FORTHCOMING (2013). (Academic Article)
    • Cammett, M, and Malesky, E. "Power Sharing in Postconflict Societies." Journal of Conflict Resolution 56, no. 6 (December 2012): 982-1016.  Full Text
    • Malesky, EJ, Schuler, P, and Tran, A. "The Adverse Effects of Sunshine: A Field Experiment on Legislative Transparency in an Authoritarian Assembly." American Political Science Review 106, no. 4 (November 2012): 762-786. (Academic Article)  Full Text
    • Georguiev, D, and Malesky, EJ. "Foreign investment and bribery: A firm-level analysis of corruption in Vietnam." Journal of Asian Economics 23, no. 2 (October 2012): 111-129. (Academic Article)
    • Malesky, EJ. "The Single-Party Dictator’s Dilemma: Information in Elections Without Opposition." Legislative Studies Quaterly 35, no. 4 (December 2011): 491-530.  Link to Item
    • MALESKY, E, and SCHULER, P. "The Single-Party Dictator's Dilemma: Information in Elections without Opposition." Legislative Studies Quarterly 36, no. 4 (November 2011): 491-530.  Full Text
    • Malesky, EJ, and Merchant Vega, ANDN. "A Peek under the Engine Hood: The Methodology of Subnational Economic Governance Indices." Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 3, no. 2 (September 2011): 186-219. (Academic Article)  Full Text
    • Malesky, E, Abrami, R, and Zheng, Y. "Institutions and inequality in single-party regimes a comparative analysis of vietnam and China." Comparative Politics 43, no. 4 (July 1, 2011): 401-419. (Review)
    • Malesky, EJ, Abrami, R, and Zheng, Y. "Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China." Comparative Politics 43, no. 4 (2011): 401-421.  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ, Schuler, P, and Tran, A. "Vietnam 2010: Familiar Patterns and New Developments Ahead of the 11th Vietnam Communist Party Congress." Southeast Asian Affairs 2011 (2011): 339-363. (Academic Article)
    • Malesky, EJ. "Political Economy of International Capital Flows." Edited by E Caprio. Prepared for The Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization (2011). (Academic Article)
    • Gehlbach, S, and Malesky, EJ. "The Contribution of Veto Players to Economic Reform." The Journal of Politics 72, no. 4 (October 2010): 957-975.  Full Text
    • MALESKY, E, and SCHULER, P. "Nodding or Needling: Analyzing Delegate Responsiveness in an Authoritarian Parliament." American Political Science Review 104, no. 03 (August 2010): 482-502.  Full Text
    • Jensen, N, and Malesky, EJ. "FDI Incentives Pay – Politically." Vale Columbia FDI Perspectives 26 (June 2010).  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ, and Taussig, M. "Where Is Credit Due? Legal Institutions, Connections, and the Efficiency of Bank Lending in Vietnam." JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION 25, no. 2 (October 2009): 535-578.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ, and Taussig, M. "Out of the Gray: The Impact of Provincial Institutions on Business Formalization in Vietnam." Journal of East Asian Studies 9 (2009): 249-290. (Academic Article)
    • Malesky, EJ. "Foreign Investors: Agents of Economic Transition. An Instrumental Variables Analysis." Quarterly Journal of Political Science 4, no. 1 (2009): 59-85.  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ. "Gerrymandering Vietnam Style: Escaping the Partial Reform Equilibrium in a Non-Democratic Regime." Journal of Politics 71, no. 1 (2009): 132-159.  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ, and Taussig, M. "Where is Credit Due? Companies, Banks, and Locally Differentiated Investment Growth in Vietnam." Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 25, no. 2 (December 2008).  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ, and Schuler, PJ. "Paint-by-Numbers Democracy: The Stakes, Structure, and Results of the 2007 Vietnamese National Assembly Election." Journal of Vietnamese Studies 4, no. 1 (August 1, 2008): 1-48.
    • Malesky, EJ, and Samphantharak, K. "Predictable Corruption and Investment Strategy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Survey of Cambodian Entrepreneurs." Quarterly Journal of Political Science 3, no. 3 (2008): 227-267.  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ. "Straight Ahead on Red: How Foreign Direct Investment Empowers Subnational Leaders." Journal of Politics 70, no. 1 (2008): 97-119.  Link to Item
    • MALESKY, EJ. "Entrepreneurs on the Periphery: A Study of Private Sector Development in Vietnam's Periphery Provinces." International Finance Corporation Private Sector Discussion Papers 18 (2004).  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ. "Leveled Mountains and Broken Fences: Measuring and Analyzing De Facto Decentralization in Vietnam." European Journal of South East Asian Studies 3, no. 23 (2004): 307-337.  Link to Item
    • Malesky, EJ, and Mosley, L. "Chains of Love? Global Production and the Firm-Level Diffusion of Labor Standards(Published online)." American Journal of Political Science .  Full Text

  • Other Articles

    • Malesky, EJ. "The Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development." 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 (2012).
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • POLSCI 493-1: Senior Research Independent Study Political Theory 2018
  • POLSCI 630: Introduction to Empirical Approaches to Political Science (M) 2018
  • POLSCI 721: Authoritarian Institutions 2018
  • POLSCI 338: Political Economy of South East Asia 2016

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