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
Director of the Duke Center for International Development, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2020
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2020

Contact Information

140 Science Drive, 221 Gross H, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204
eddy.malesky@duke.edu (919) 660-4300
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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
- MAR 17, 2021
  
  Understanding Democracy's Frailties
- 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) awarded by Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. 2020 - 2023
- SEAREG awarded by Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. 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
- Dell Computers
- Fulbright University of Vietnam, a US-funded organization, pays me to teach a course on program evaluation.
- The Asia Foundation Paid Hired Me to Perform Myanmar Business Enviroment Index
- 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., and H. V. Milner. “Fostering global value chains through international agreements: Evidence from Vietnam.” Economics and Politics, January 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12186.
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  - Malesky, E. J., and L. Mosley. “Labor upgrading and export Market opportunities: Evidence from Vietnam.” Economics and Politics, January 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12180.
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  - Malesky, Edmund J. “SVAY: A Khmer Village in Cambodia.” Pacific Affairs 93, no. 4 (December 2020): 857–59.
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  - Le, D. T., E. Malesky, and A. Pham. “The impact of local corruption on business tax registration and compliance: Evidence from Vietnam.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 177 (September 1, 2020): 762–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.07.002.
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  - 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, 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. 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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  - 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 (January 1, 2011): 401–19. https://doi.org/10.5129/001041511796301579.
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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.
  - Dang, Hai-Anh, Edmund J. Malesky, and Cuong Viet Nguyen. “Inequality and Support for Government Responses to Covid-19.” Iza Discussion Paper, no. 13816 (n.d.).
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- Book Sections
  - Malesky, E. “Decentralization and business performance.” In Decentralized Governance and Accountability: Academic Research and the Future of Donor Programming, 144–77, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108615594.007.
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  - 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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