A “watershed” moment for collaboration: The impacts of legislation and network governance on environmental outcomes

This paper combines the regression discontinuity in time (RDiT) design and longitudinal analysis to examine the impacts of state legislation and the subsequent collaborative projects on water quality.

May 2025 · Yixin Liu, Jiho Kim, Tina Nabatchi

Revalidating the mechanisms of reciprocity in collaborative networks

This paper conducts a behavioral experiment involving municipal policymakers to compare how social capital and risk aversion influence reciprocity behaviors in collaborative networks.

May 2025 · Yixin Liu, Heewon Lee, Tian Tang, Guimin Zheng, Wenhui Li

Mediating collaborations: The role of participant diversity in watershed governance

This paper combines the difference-in-differences design and mediation analysis to examine the impacts of nonprofit watershed councils and the participant diversity on water quality.

December 2024 · Yixin Liu

Government trustworthiness and two-way coproduction: Paired experiments on citizens and policymakers

This paper conducts a paired of experiments on citizens and municipal policymakers to examine the impacts of trust in government on coproductioin in disaster resilience planning.

March 2024 · Yixin Liu, Heewon Lee, Tian Tang, Guimin Zheng, Wenhui Li