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Publications of Emerson Niou    :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

Books

  1. Emerson Niou, The History and Politics of Secret Ballot (in Chinese) (2012)
  2. E. Niou, Community Compacts in China: Theory and Practice (2005), Chinese Society Press (In Chinese.)
  3. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, The Balance of Power: Stability in International Systems (1989), Cambridge University Press

Papers Submitted

  1. Dean Lacy, Emerson Niou, and Philip Paolino, Measuring Preferences for Divided Government (2010)

Journal Articles

  1. Dean Lacy and Emerson Niou, “Information and Heterogeneity in Issue Voting: Evidence from the 2008 Presidential Election in Taiwan,”, Journal of East Asian Studies (2012)
  2. Emerson Niou, “The China Factor in Taiwanese Politics”, Journal of Social Science, University of Tokyo (2012, forthcoming.)
  3. Daniel Kselman and Emerson Niou, Protest Voting in Plurality Elections: A Theory of Voter Signaling, Public Choice (Online First, June, 2010)
  4. Daniel Kselman and Emerson Niou, Strategic Voting in Plurality Elections, Political Analysis, vol. 18 no. 2 (2010), pp. 227-244  [abs]
  5. Emerson Niou, Why Has the Self-Government Movement Not Been Successful in China? (in Chinese), Fudan Univeristy Political Science Review no. 6 (2008)
  6. Brett Benson and Emerson Niou, Economic Interdependence and Peace: A Game-Theoretic Analysis, Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 7 no. 1 (Spring, 2007), pp. 35-59  [abs]
  7. Emerson Niou, Peng Zhen and the Reemergence of Self-Governance in China (in Chinese), Zhejiang Academic Journal no. 1 (2007), pp. 99-106
  8. Lessons from the self-government movement in the late Qing Dynasty (in Chinese), 21 Century Bi-Monthly (December, 2006)
  9. with Cyrus Chu, The Strategy of Ambiguity in Electoral Competition, Academia Economic Papers, vol. 33 no. 3 (September, 2005), pp. 279-302
  10. E. Niou with G. Tan, External Threat and Collective Action, Economic Inquiry, vol. 43 no. 3 (July, 2005)
  11. E. Niou with K. Chen, Term Limits as a Response to Incumbency Advantage, Journal of Politics, vol. 67 no. 2 (May, 2005), pp. 390-406
  12. E. Niou with John Hsieh, Measuring Taiwanese Public Opinion on the Taiwan Independence Issue: A Methodological Note, China Quarterly, vol. 18 no. 1 (March, 2005), pp. 158-168
  13. E. Niou, A New Measure of the Preferences on the Independence-Unification Issue in Taiwan, Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 40 no. 1-2 (2005), pp. 91-104
  14. E. Niou wth B. Benson, Public Opinion, Foreign Policy, and the Security Balance in the Taiwan Strait, Security Studies, vol. 14 no. 2 (2005)
  15. E. Niou with C. Lin, China’s Nuclear Strategy: Minimal or Limited Deterrence?, Studies on Chinese Communism (December, 2003) (in Chinese.)
  16. E. Niou with P. Paolino, The Rise of the Opposition Party in Taiwan: Explaining Chen Shui-bian's Victory in the 2000 Presidential Election in Taiwan, Electoral Studies, vol. 22 no. 4 (December, 2003), pp. 721-740
  17. E. Niou with Changsheng Lin, Analyzing China's Nuclear Deterrence Strategy, Studies on Chinese Communism (December, 2003) (in Chinese.)
  18. E. Niou with C. Lin, Analyzing China’s Nuclear Threat to the United States, Mainland China Studies (November, 2003) (in Chinese.)
  19. E. Niou, Economic Development and Local Self-Government in China, 21 Century Bi-Monthly (August, 2003) (in Chinese.)
  20. E. Niou with C. Lin, Counting China’s ICBMs, Studies on Chinese Communism, vol. 37 no. 7 (July, 2003), pp. 80-90 (in Chinese.)
  21. E. Niou with Changsheng Lin, Assessing China's Military Preparation to Deter the US from Intervening in the Taiwan Strait Conflict, Mainland China Studies (November-December 2003) (in Chinese.)
  22. E. Niou, Self-Governance and Poverty Alleviation in China, 21-Century E-Journal (2003) (in Chinese.)
  23. E. Niou, Strategic Voting under Plurality and Runoff Rules?, Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol. 13 no. 2 (April, 2001), pp. 209-227
  24. E. Niou with Dean Lacy, A Problem with Referendums, Journal of Theoretical Politics (January, 2000)
  25. E. Niou with P. Ordeshook, Return of the Luddites, International Security, vol. 24 no. 2 (Fall, 1999), pp. 84-96 (The same article is also included in Rational Choice and Security Studies, MIT University Press, 2000.)
  26. E. Niou with Dean Lacy, Nonseperable Preference and the Elections in Double-Member Districts, Journal of Soviet Nationalities (1999)
  27. E. Niou with Peter Ordeshook, Alliances and Federations, Constitutional Political Economy (1999)
  28. E. Niou with J. Hsieh and D. Lacy, Retrospective and Prospective Voting in a One-Party Dominance Democracy: Taiwan's 1996 Presidential Election, Public Choice (1998)
  29. E. Niou with J. Hsieh and P. Paolino, Strategic Voting in the 1994 Taipei City Mayoral Election, Electoral Studies (1997)
  30. E. Niou with J. Hsieh, Taiwan's March 1996 Elections, Electoral Studies, vol. 15 no. 4 (November, 1996), pp. 545-550
  31. E. Niou with T. Huang, Party System and Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Taiwan, American Asian Review (Fall 1996)
  32. E. Niou with J. Hsieh and D. Lacy, Economic Voting in the 1994 Taiwan Elections, American Asian Review (1996)
  33. E. Niou with P. Feaver, Managing Nuclear Proliferation: What Makes Sense?, International Studies Quarterly (1996)
  34. E. Niou with John Brehm, Police Patrol vs. Self-Policing: A Comparative Analysis of the Control Systems Used in the Ex-Soviet Union and the Communist China, Journal of Theoretical Politics (1996)
  35. E. Niou with John Hsieh, Issue Voting in the Republic of China on Taiwan's 1992 Legislative Yuan Election, International Political Science Review (1996)
  36. E. Niou with J. Hsieh, Salient Issues in Taiwan's Electoral Politics, Electoral Studies (1996)
  37. E. Niou with John fuh-sheng Hsieh and Huei-ping Lin, Issue Voting in the 1994 Gubernatorial and Mayoral Elections: An Application of Rational Choice Approach, Journal of Electoral Studies (May, 1995) (in Chinese.)
  38. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Journal of Peace Research, vol. 31 no. 2 (May, 1994)
  39. E. Niou with G. Cox, Seat Bonuses under the Single Non-Transferable Vote for Large Parties: Evidence from Japan and Taiwan, Comparative Politics (January, 1994)
  40. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Less Filling, Tastes Great: The Realist-Neoliberal Debate, World Politics (January, 1994)
  41. E. Niou with G. Tan, An Analysis of Dr. Sun Yet-sen's Self-Assessment Scheme for Land Policy, Public Choice, vol. 78 no. 1 (January, 1994)
  42. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Alliances in Anarchic International Systems, International Studies Quarterly (1994)
  43. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Notes on Constitutional Change in the Republic of China on Taiwan, Chinese Political Science Review (December, 1993)
  44. E. Niou with P.C. Ordeshook and G. Tan, Taiwanese Investment in Mainland China as a Tool of Foreign Policy, Issues and Studies (August, 1992)
  45. E. Niou, An Analysis of the Republic Of China's Security Issues, Issues and Studies (January, 1992)
  46. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Republic of China's Emerging Electoral System, International Political Science Review (1992)
  47. E. Niou, Constitutional Design in Taiwan: Presidential versus Parliamentary Systems, The Annals: Chinese Association of Political Science (December, 1991)
  48. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Realism versus Neoliberalism: A Formulation, American Journal of Political Science (May, 1991)
  49. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Stability in Anarchic International Systems, American Political Science Review (December, 1990)
  50. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, The Imperatives of Geography and the Balance of Power in 3-Country Systems, Mathematical and Computer Modeling (1989)
  51. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, An Experimental Test of a Theory of the Balance of Power, Simulation and Games (December, 1988)
  52. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Preventive War and the Balance of Power: A Game-Theoretic Analysis, Journal of Conflict Resolution (September, 1987)
  53. E. Niou, A Note on Nanson's Rule, Public Choice (June, 1987)
  54. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, A Theory of the Balance of Power, Journal of Conflict Resolution (December, 1986)
  55. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Universalism in Congress, American Journal of Political Science (May, 1985)

Chapters in Books

  1. Emerson Niou, The China Factor in Taiwan’s Electoral Politics, in Democratization in Taiwan: Challenges in Transformation, edited by Jim Meernik and Philip Paolino (2008), Ashgate Publishing
  2. Emerson Niou, On Cultivating the Spirit of Self-Governance (in Chinese), in Prospects of Grassroots Democracy in China, edited by Yong Xu and Zengyang Xu (2007)
  3. E. Niou, Village Elections: Roots of Democratization in China, in How Asia Votes, edited by John Hsieh and David Newman (2001), Chatham House
  4. E. Niou, An Introduction to the Electoral Systems Used in Chinese Village Elections, in Contemporary China: Approaching the 21st Century, edited by James R. Lilley, Rebecca W. McGinnis, and B. Alison Panko (1999), University Press of Maryland
  5. E. Niou with P. Ordeshook, Designing Government for Coherent Domestic and Foreign Policy: Taiwan as a Test Case, in Consolidating The Third Wave Democracies: Themes and Perspectives, edited by Larry Diamond, Marc Plattner, Yun-han Chu and Hong-mao Tien (1997), Johns Hopkins University Press
  6. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Balance of Power versus Collective Security: A Game-Theoretic Analysis, in Strategic Stability in the Post-Cold War World and the Future of Nuclear Disarmament, edited by Melvin L. Best, Jr. (1996), Kluwer Academic Publishers
  7. E. Niou, An Evaluation of the Republic of China's Foreign Policy Alternatives, in The Permutation Across the Taiwan Straits, edited by T. J. Cheng, C. Hwang, and S. Wu (1994), Lynn Reiner Press
  8. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, The Prospects for a New International Order based on Collective Security, in Collective Security beyond the Cold War, edited by George W. Downs (1994), University of Michigan Press
  9. E. Niou with P. C. Ordeshook, Stability in International Systems and The Costs of War, in Models of Strategic Choices in Politics, edited by P. C. Ordeshook (1989), University of Michigan Press