Edmund Malesky | Scholars@Duke

Edmund Malesky
Professor of Political Science

Malesky is a specialist on Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. Currently, Malesky's research agenda is very much at the intersection of Comparative and International Political Economy, falling into three major categories: 1) Authoritarian political institutions and their consequences; 2) The political influence of foreign direct investment and multinational corporations; and 3) Political institutions, private business development, and formalization.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016

Contact Information

140 Science Drive, 221 Gross H, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204
eddy.malesky@duke.edu (919) 660-4340
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Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 2004
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012 - 2016
Recognition
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
Awards & Honors
- Best Paper. International Political Economy Society. November 2012
- Gabriel A. Almond Award. American Political Science Association. 2005
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
- Research
  - China (Country)
  - Viet Nam (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Southeast Asian Research Group (SEAREG) 2020 - 2023
- SBAR Cambodia SWAP 2019 - 2022
- Myanmar Social and Economic Governance Index (MYSEGI) 2017 - 2020
- SEAREG 2014 - 2019
- Doctoral Dissertation Research - Behavioral Traits and Political Selection in Authoritarian Ruling Parties awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2019
- "Participation and Regulatory Compliance in Vietnam: A Field Experiment" awarded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014 - 2015
External Relationships
- Fulbright University of Vietnam, a US-funded organization, pays me to teach a course on program evaluation.
- United Nations Development Program pays me for statistical support on their Provincial Administrative Performance Index
- Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry pays me to provide consulting services on the US-AID funded provincial competitiveness index.
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Jensen, N. M., and E. J. Malesky. Incentives to pander: How politicians use corporate welfare for political gain, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108292337.
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  - Stromseth, J. R., E. J. Malesky, D. D. Gueorguiev, L. Hairong, W. Xixin, and C. Brinton. China's governance puzzle: Enabling transparency and participation in a single-party state, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316388501.
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  - Jensen, N. M., G. Biglaiser, Q. Li, E. Malesky, P. M. Pinto, S. M. Pinto, and J. L. Staats. Politics and foreign direct investment, 2012.
- Academic Articles
  - Malesky, E. J., T. V. Nguyen, T. N. Bach, and B. D. Ho. “The effect of market competition on bribery in emerging economies: An empirical analysis of Vietnamese firms.” World Development 131 (July 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104957.
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  - Malesky, E., and P. Schuler. “Single-Party Incumbency Advantage in Vietnam: A Conjoint Survey Analysis of Public Electoral Support.” Journal of East Asian Studies 20, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 25–52. https://doi.org/10.1017/jea.2019.40.
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  - Baccini, L., G. Impullitti, and E. J. Malesky. “Globalization and state capitalism: Assessing Vietnam's accession to the WTO.” Journal of International Economics 119 (July 1, 2019): 75–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.02.004.
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  - Malesky, E., and M. Taussig. “Participation, government legitimacy, and regulatory compliance in emerging economies: A firm-level field experiment in Vietnam.” American Political Science Review 113, no. 2 (May 1, 2019): 530–51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055418000849.
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  - Bai, J., S. Jayachandran, E. J. Malesky, and B. A. Olken. “Firm growth and corruption: Empirical evidence from Vietnam.” Economic Journal 129, no. 618 (January 1, 2019): 651–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12560.
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  - Gueorguiev, D. D., and E. J. Malesky. “Consultation and selective censorship in china.” Journal of Politics, January 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1086/704785.
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  - Jensen, Nathan M., and Edmund J. Malesky. “Nonstate Actors and Compliance with International Agreements: An Empirical Analysis of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.” International Organization 72, no. 01 (December 2018): 33–69.
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  - Malesky, Edmund. “Researching Vietnamese Politics.” Journal of Vietnamese Studies 13, no. 3 (August 1, 2018): 127–62. https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2018.13.3.127.
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  - Malesky, E. J., and L. Mosley. “Chains of Love? Global Production and the Firm-Level Diffusion of Labor Standards.” American Journal of Political Science 62, no. 3 (July 1, 2018): 712–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12370.
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  - Jensen, N. M., and E. J. Malesky. “Nonstate Actors and Compliance with International Agreements: An Empirical Analysis of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.” International Organization 72, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 33–69. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818317000443.
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  - Malesky, Edmund J. “Radical Inequalities: China's Revolutionary Welfare State in Comparative Perspective.” Perspectives on Politics 15, no. 4 (December 1, 2017): 1178–80.
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  - Malesky, Edmund J. “How China Escaped the Poverty Trap.” Perspectives on Politics 15, no. 4 (December 1, 2017): 1178–80.
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  - Malesky, E., and M. Taussig. “The danger of not listening to firms: Government responsiveness and the goal of regulatory compliance.” Academy of Management Journal 60, no. 5 (October 1, 2017): 1741–70. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2015.0722.
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  - Becker, J., and E. Malesky. “The continent or the "grand large"? Strategic culture and operational burden-sharing in NATO.” International Studies Quarterly 61, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 163–80. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqw039.
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  - Findley, M. G., N. M. Jensen, E. J. Malesky, and T. B. Pepinsky. “Can Results-Free Review Reduce Publication Bias? The Results and Implications of a Pilot Study.” Comparative Political Studies 49, no. 13 (November 1, 2016): 1667–1703. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414016655539.
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  - Malesky, E. J. “Transfer pricing and global poverty.” International Studies Review 17, no. 4 (December 1, 2015): 669–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/misr.12269.
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  - Jensen, N. M., E. J. Malesky, and M. Walsh. “Competing for global capital or local voters? The politics of business location incentives.” Public Choice 164, no. 3–4 (August 11, 2015): 331–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0281-8.
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  - Malesky, E. J., D. D. Gueorguiev, and N. M. Jensen. “Monopoly Money: Foreign Investment and Bribery in Vietnam, a Survey Experiment.” American Journal of Political Science 59, no. 2 (April 1, 2015): 419–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12126.
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  - Malesky, E., N. Mcculloch, and N. D. Nhat. “The impact of governance and transparency on firm investment in Vietnam.” Economics of Transition 23, no. 4 (January 1, 2015): 677–715. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecot.12068.
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  - Malesky, E., and J. Morris-Jung. “Vietnam in 2014: Uncertainty and opportunity in the wake of the HS-981 crisis.” Asian Survey 55, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 165–73. https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2015.55.1.165.
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  - Jensen, N. M., E. Malesky, M. Medina, and U. Ozdemir. “Pass the Bucks: Credit, Blame, and the Global Competition for Investment.” International Studies Quarterly 58, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 433–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/isqu.12106.
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  - Jensen, N. M., E. Malesky, and S. Weymouth. “Unbundling the relationship between authoritarian legislatures and political risk.” British Journal of Political Science 44, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 655–84. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123412000774.
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  - Malesky, E. J., C. V. Nguyen, and A. Tran. “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. 1 (January 1, 2014): 144–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055413000580.
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  - Malesky, E. “Vietnam in 2013: Single-party politics in the internet age.” Asian Survey 54, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 30–38. https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2014.54.1.30.
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  - Malesky, E., and J. London. “The political economy of development in china and Vietnam.” Annual Review of Political Science 17 (January 1, 2014): 395–419. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-041811-150032.
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  - Ingersoll, Keith, Edmund J. Malesky, and Sebastian M. Saiegh. “Heterogeneity and Group Performance: Evaluating the Effect of Cultural Diversity in the World's Top Soccer League,” December 1, 2013.
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  - Dinh, T. M., E. Malesky, T. T. To, and D. T. Nguyen. “Effect of interest rate subsidies on firm performance and investment behavior during economic recession: Evidence from Vietnam.” Asian Economic Journal 27, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 185–207. https://doi.org/10.1111/asej.12009.
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  - Malesky, E., and P. Schuler. “Star search: Do elections help Nondemocratic regimes identify new leaders?” Journal of East Asian Studies 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 35–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1598240800008523.
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  - Cammett, M., and E. Malesky. “Power Sharing in Postconflict Societies: Implications for Peace and Governance.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 56, no. 6 (December 1, 2012): 982–1016. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002711421593.
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  - Malesky, E. J., P. Schuler, and A. Tran. “The Adverse Effects of Sunshine: A Field Experiment on Legislative Transparency in an Authoritarian Assembly.” American Political Science Review 106, no. 4 (November 2012): 762–86. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055412000408.
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  - Malesky, E. J., and P. Schuler. “Nodding or Needling: Analyzing Delegate Responsiveness in an Authoritarian Parliament.” American Political Science Review 104, no. 3 (August 2012): 482–502.
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  - Gueorguiev, D., and E. Malesky. “Foreign investment and bribery: A firm-level analysis of corruption in Vietnam.” Journal of Asian Economics 23, no. 2 (April 1, 2012): 111–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2011.11.006.
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  - Sauvant, Karl P., Jennifer Reimer, Todd Allee, Ilan Alon, Alice H. Amsden, Tadahiro Asami, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, et al. “FDI Perspectives: Issues in International Investment, 2nd Edition,” 2012.
  - Malesky, E., and P. Schuler. “The single-party dictator's dilemma: Information in elections without opposition.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 36, no. 4 (November 1, 2011): 491–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-9162.2011.00025.x.
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  - Malesky, E., R. Abrami, and Y. Zheng. “Institutions and inequality in single-party regimes a comparative analysis of vietnam and China.” Comparative Politics 43, no. 4 (July 1, 2011): 401–19.
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  - Malesky, E. J. “Political Economy of International Capital Flows.” Edited by erard Caprio. Prepared for the Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization, 2011.
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  - Malesky, E. J., P. Schuler, and A. Tran. “Vietnam 2010: Familiar Patterns and New Developments Ahead of the 11th Vietnam Communist Party Congress.” Southeast Asian Affairs 2011 (2011): 339–63.
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  - Malesky, E. J., and N. Merchant-Vega. “A peek under the engine hood: The methodology of subnational economic governance indices.” Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 3, no. 2 (January 1, 2011): 186–219. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1876404511200034.
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  - Sauvant, Karl P., Lisa Sachs, Kenneth Davies, Ruben Zandvliet, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Laza Kekic, Nathan M. Jensen, et al. “FDI Perspectives: Issues in International Investment,” January 1, 2011.
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  - Jensen, Nathan M., and Edmund J. Malesky. “FDI Incentives Pay – Politically.” Vale Columbia Fdi Perspectives Perspectives, no. 26 (June 26, 2010).
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  - Gehlbach, S., and E. J. Malesky. “The Contribution of Veto Players to Economic Reform.” Journal of Politics 72, no. 4 (2010): 957–75.
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  - Malesky, Edmund J. “Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index 2009.” Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative Policy Paper, no. 14 (December 1, 2009).
  - Malesky, E. J., and M. Taussig. “Where is credit due? Legal institutions, connections, and the efficiency of bank lending in vietnam.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 25, no. 2 (October 1, 2009): 535–78. https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewn011.
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  - Malesky, E. J. “Foreign Investors: Agents of Economic Transition. An Instrumental Variables Analysis.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 4, no. 1 (2009): 59–85.
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  - Malesky, E. J. “Gerrymandering Vietnam Style: Escaping the Partial Reform Equilibrium in a Non-Democratic Regime.” Journal of Politics 71, no. 1 (2009): 132–59.
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  - Malesky, E., and M. Taussig. “Out of the gray: The impact of provincial institutions on business formalization in Vietnam.” Journal of East Asian Studies 9, no. 2 (January 1, 2009): 249–90. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1598240800003003.
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  - Malesky, Edmund J. “The Provincial Business Environment Scorecard in Cambodia 2009,” 2009.
  - Malesky, E. J., and M. Taussig. “Where is Credit Due? Companies, Banks, and Locally Differentiated Investment Growth in Vietnam.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 25, no. 2 (December 2008).
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  - Malesky, Edmund J. “Battling Onward: The Debate Over Field Research in Developmental Economics and its Implications for Comparative Politics,” September 1, 2008.
  - Malesky, Edmund J., and Paul J. Schuler. “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.
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  - Malesky, E. J. “Straight Ahead on Red: How Foreign Direct Investment Empowers Subnational Leaders.” Journal of Politics 70, no. 1 (2008): 97–119.
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  - Malesky, E. J., and K. Samphantharak. “Predictable Corruption and Investment Strategy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Survey of Cambodian Entrepreneurs.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 3, no. 3 (2008): 227–67.
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  - Malesky, Edmund J. “Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index 2008.” Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative Policy Paper, no. 13 (2008).
  - Malesky, Edmund J. “Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index 2007.” Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative Policy Paper, no. 12 (December 31, 2007).
  - Malesky, Edmund J. “Cambodian Provincial Business Environment Scorecard 2006,” 2006.
  - Malesky, Edmund J. “Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index 2006.” Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative Policy Paper, no. 11 (2006).
  - Malesky, Edmund J. “The Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index 2005.” Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative Policy Paper, no. 4 (December 1, 2005).
  - MALESKY, E. J. “Entrepreneurs on the Periphery: A Study of Private Sector Development in Vietnam's Periphery Provinces.” International Finance Corporation Private Sector Discussion Papers 18 (2004).
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  - Malesky, Edmund J. “Leveled Mountains and Broken Fences: Measuring and Analysing De Facto Decentralisation in Vietnam,” 2004.
- Book Sections
  - Malesky, E. J. “Manipulating elites.” In Ethics and Experiments: Problems and Solutions for Social Scientists and Policy Professionals, 217–26, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315694139.
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  - McCulloch, N., and E. Malesky. “What determines the quality of subnational economic governance? Comparing Indonesia and Vietnam.” In Regional Dynamics in a Decentralized Indonesia, 208–29, 2014.
  - Abrami, Regina M., Edmund J. Malesky, and Yu Zheng. “Vietnam Through Chinese Eyes: Divergent Accountability in Single-Party Regimes,” 2013.
  - Malesky, E. J. “Interest Group Politics.” In Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability, 59–68, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397875-2.00004-0.
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  - Gehlbach, S., and E. J. Malesky. “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 Sebastian Galiani and Itai Sened. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  - MALESKY, E. J. “Political Economy of Financial Globalization: Globalization of Finance and Interest Group Politics.” In The Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  - Malesky, E. J. “Provincial Governance and Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam.” In Twenty Years of Foreign Investment in Vietnam, edited by Saigon Economic Times. Knowledge Publishing House, 2008.
  - Malesky, E. J. “The Vietnam War.” In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by William A. Darity, 612–17. Macmillan Reference USA, 2008.
  - Malesky, E. J. “Push, Pull, and Reinforcing: The Channels of FDI Influence on Provincial Governance in Vietnam.” In Beyond Hanoi: Local Governance in Vietnam, edited by Ben Kerkvliet and David Marr, 285–333. nstitute for South East Asian Studies and NIAS Press, 2004.
- Other Articles
  - Malesky, E. J. “The Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development.” Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2012.
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