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Overview

Bruce Gilley is primarily affiliated with Portland State University in the United States. The researcher's scholarly output reflects a focus on the social sciences, particularly political science and international relations, alongside economics, accounting, and management.

The research topics covered by this scholar include:

  • Asian Studies and History
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • State Capitalism and Financial Governance
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Corporate Finance and Governance

Frequent co-authors in their work are:

  • Sirisak Laochankham
  • Peerasit Kamnuansilpa

Publication venues where the researcher has contributed include:

  • Academic Questions
  • International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management
  • International Journal of Public Administration
  • Business History
  • Australian Journal Of International Affairs

Notable recent papers by Bruce Gilley include:

  • The Case for Colonialism: A Response to My Critics (2022, Academic Questions)
  • Can Fiscal Recentralization Strengthen Local Government? The Case of Thailand (2022, International Journal of Public Administration)
  • Assaults on capitalism and democratic backsliding: Evidence from Asia (2020, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics)
  • Capital structure and business failure: The collapse of Canada's Dome Petroleum (2024, Business History)
  • Will Malaysia become an active middle power? (2024, Australian Journal Of International Affairs)

The scholar's work frequently addresses the interplay between fiscal policy, governance, and economic growth with a geographical emphasis on Asia. Their publications explore subjects ranging from local government finance to broader questions of political economy and international relations.

Best Publications

  • The meaning and measure of state legitimacy: Results for 72 countries

    Bruce Gilley

  • The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy

    Bruce Gilley

  • Authoritarian environmentalism and China's response to climate change

    Bruce Gilley

  • The Determinants of State Legitimacy: Results for 72 Countries:

    Bruce Gilley

  • China's democratic future : how it will happen and where it will lead

    Bruce Gilley

  • Reclaiming Legitimacy in China

    Heike Holbig;Bruce Gilley

  • China's New Rulers: The Secret Files

    Andrew J. Nathan;Bruce Gilley

  • Against the concept of ethnic conflict

    Bruce Gilley

  • Legitimacy and Institutional Change: The Case of China

    Bruce Gilley

  • The Case for Colonialism

    Bruce Gilley

  • Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite

    Bruce Gilley

  • The Debate on Party Legitimacy in China: a mixed quantitative/qualitative analysis

    Bruce Gilley;Heike Holbig

  • Lessons from Europe

    Sheri Berman

  • Democratic enclaves in authoritarian regimes

    Bruce Gilley

  • THE LIMITS OF AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE

    Bruce Gilley

  • Middle Powers and the Rise of China

    Bruce Gilley;Andrew O'Neil

  • In Search of Legitimacy in Post-Revolutionary China: Bringing Ideology and Governance Back

    Bruce Gilley;Heike Holbig

  • In Search of Legitimacy in Post-revolutionary China: Bringing Ideology and Governance Back In

    Heike Holbig;Bruce Gilley

  • Middle Powers during Great Power Transitions: China's Rise and the Future of Canada-US Relations

    Bruce Gilley

  • Legitimacy Crisis: Again?

    Bruce Gilley

  • State legitimacy: An updated dataset for 52 countries

    Bruce Gilley

  • Asia's giants : comparing China and India

    Edward Friedman;Bruce Gilley

  • Political Change In China: Comparisons With Taiwan

    Bruce Gilley;Larry Diamond;Weitseng Chen

  • Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges

    Bruce Gilley

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Nathan
Andrew J. Nathan Columbia University
Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University

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