How and when democratic values matter: Challenging the effectiveness-centric framework in program evaluation

Using a conjoint experiment, this research compare the effects of effectiveness and democratic values in predicting public program evaluation, conditioned on citizens’ trust in government.

March 2023 · Yixin Liu, Heewon Lee, Frances Berry

Public trust and collaborative governance: An instrumental variable approach

This research utilizes public integrity information, randomly assigned as the instrumental variable, to explore the impact of trust in government on citizens’ perceptions of collaborative governance.

July 2022 · Yixin Liu