Research Interests for Edmund Malesky

Edmund Malesky is an associate professor of political economy at Duke University. He has published in leading political science and economic journals, including the American Political Science Review and Journal of Politics, and has been awarded the Harvard Academy Fellowship and Gabriel Almond Award for best dissertation in comparative politics. Malesky serves as the lead researcher for the Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index and is a noted specialist in the political development in Vietnam and China, comparative political economy in Southeast Asia, as well as economic transitions in developing economies. Malesky is a specialist on Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. Currently, his 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.

Keywords:

Electronic books, Leadership, Vietnam

Recent Publications

1. Delios, A; Malesky, EJ; Yu, S; Riddler, G, Methodological errors in corruption research: Recommendations for future research, Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 55 no. 2 (March, 2024), pp. 235-251 [doi] [abs]
2. Malesky, EJ; Nguyen, Q, Testing the Drivers of Corporate Environmentalism in Vietnam, Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. 59 no. 1 (March, 2024), pp. 86-112 [doi] [abs]
3. Becker, J; Benson, S; Dunne, JP; Malesky, E, Disaggregated defense spending: Introduction to data, Journal of Peace Research (January, 2024) [doi] [abs]
4. Liu, AH; Malesky, EJ, Cultural Constraints and Policy Implementation: Effects of the Beijing License Plate Lottery on the Environment, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, vol. 19 no. 1 (2024), pp. 91-126, Now Publishers [doi]
5. Dulay, D; Malesky, E, Facilitating Development: Evidence from a National-Level Experiment on Improving Bureaucratic Performance in Myanmar, Journal of Politics, vol. 85 no. 4 (October, 2023), pp. 1385-1400 [doi] [abs]