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Edmund J. Malesky

Edmund J. Malesky

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
36
Citations
5118
World Ranking
707
National Ranking
374

Edmund J. Malesky publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Edmund J. Malesky sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 139 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Edmund J. Malesky D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Edmund J. Malesky sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Edmund J. Malesky is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans several disciplines, with a particular focus on political science, economics, and sociology. The scientist has contributed to a wide range of topics including corruption and economic development, international arbitration and investment law, electoral systems and political participation, regulation and compliance studies, fiscal policy and economic growth, China's socioeconomic reforms and governance, and international development and aid.

Malesky's recent publications demonstrate a focus on issues related to governance, corruption, and economic behavior in emerging economies. Some of the notable papers include:

  • The effect of market competition on bribery in emerging economies: An empirical analysis of Vietnamese firms (2020, World Development)
  • The Effect of Government Repression on Civil Society: Evidence from Cambodia (2022, International Studies Quarterly)
  • The impact of local corruption on business tax registration and compliance: Evidence from Vietnam (2020, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization)
  • Disaggregated defense spending: Introduction to data (2024, Journal of Peace Research)
  • Fostering global value chains through international agreements: Evidence from Vietnam (2021, Economics and Politics)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. The most common co-authors include:

  • Jason Douglas Todd
  • Quoc Anh Le
  • Anh Tran
  • Jordan Malesky Becker

Malesky's work has been published in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Politics
  • World Development
  • Economics and Politics

The scientist's primary fields of study cover:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Strategy and Management
  • Accounting

Throughout their career, Edmund J. Malesky received recognition in the form of the Hellman Fellow award in 2009. This award acknowledges contributions within their area of research but no additional citation details are provided.

Best Publications

  • Nodding or Needling: Analyzing Delegate Responsiveness in an Authoritarian Parliament

    Edmund Malesky;Paul Schuler

  • Straight Ahead on Red: How Foreign Direct Investment Empowers Subnational Leaders

    Edmund J. Malesky

  • Politics and Foreign Direct Investment

    Nathan M. Jensen;Glen Biglaiser;Quan Li;Edmund Malesky

  • Where Is Credit Due? Legal Institutions, Connections, and the Efficiency of Bank Lending in Vietnam

    Edmund J. Malesky;Markus Taussig

  • The Adverse Effects of Sunshine: A Field Experiment on Legislative Transparency in an Authoritarian Assembly

    Edmund Malesky;Paul Schuler;Anh Tran

  • The Single-Party Dictator's Dilemma: Information in Elections without Opposition

    Edmund Malesky;Paul Schuler

  • The Contribution of Veto Players to Economic Reform

    Scott Gehlbach;Edmund J. Malesky

  • The Political Economy of Development in China and Vietnam

    Edmund Malesky;Jonathan London

  • The Impact of Recentralization on Public Services: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Abolition of Elected Councils in Vietnam

    Edmund J. Malesky;Cuong Viet Nguyen;Anh Tran

  • Unbundling the Relationship between Authoritarian Legislatures and Political Risk

    Nathan M. Jensen;Edmund Malesky;Stephen Weymouth

  • Power Sharing in Postconflict Societies: Implications for Peace and Governance

    Melani Cammett;Edmund Malesky

  • Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

    Jie Bai;Seema Jayachandran;Edmund J. Malesky;Benjamin A. Olken

  • Out of the Gray: The Impact of Provincial Institutions on Business Formalization in Vietnam

    Edmund Malesky;Markus Taussig

  • Monopoly Money: Foreign Investment and Bribery in Vietnam, a Survey Experiment

    Edmund J. Malesky;Dimitar D. Gueorguiev;Nathan M. Jensen

  • Institutions and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China

    Edmund Malesky;Regina Abrami;Yu Zheng

  • Incentives to Pander: How Politicians Use Corporate Welfare for Political Gain

    Nathan M. Jensen;Edmund J. Malesky

  • Predictable Corruption and Firm Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Survey of Cambodian Entrepreneurs

    Edmund J. Malesky

  • Gerrymandering—Vietnamese Style: Escaping the Partial Reform Equilibrium in a Nondemocratic Regime

    Edmund Malesky

  • THE DANGER OF NOT LISTENING TO FIRMS: GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS AND THE GOAL OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

    Edmund Malesky;Markus Taussig

  • Foreign investment and bribery: A firm-level analysis of corruption in Vietnam

    Dimitar Gueorguiev;Edmund Malesky

  • China's Governance Puzzle: Enabling Transparency and Participation in a Single-Party State

    Jonathan R. Stromseth;Edmund J. Malesky;Dimitar D. Gueorguiev;Lai Hairong

  • Chains of Love? Global Production and the Firm‐Level Diffusion of Labor Standards

    Edmund J. Malesky;Layna Mosley

  • Can Results-Free Review Reduce Publication Bias? The Results and Implications of a Pilot Study:

    Michael G. Findley;Nathan M. Jensen;Edmund J. Malesky;Thomas B. Pepinsky

  • The Continent or the “Grand Large”? Strategic Culture and Operational Burden-Sharing in NATO

    Jordan Becker;Edmund Malesky

  • Nonstate Actors and Compliance with International Agreements: An Empirical Analysis of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

    Nathan M. Jensen;Edmund J. Malesky

  • Incentives to Pander

    Nathan M. Jensen;Edmund J. Malesky

  • Competing for global capital or local voters? The politics of business location incentives

    Nathan M. Jensen;Edmund J. Malesky;Matthew Walsh

  • Pass the Bucks: Credit, Blame, and the Global Competition for Investment

    Nathan M. Jensen;Edmund Malesky;Mariana Medina;Ugur Ozdemir

  • The impact of governance and transparency on firm investment in Vietnam

    Edmund Malesky;Neil McCulloch;Nguyen Duc Nhat

  • Predictable Corruption and Firm Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Survey of Cambodian Entrepreneurs

    Krislert Samphantharak;Edmund J. Malesky

  • Power-Sharing in Post-Conflict Societies: Implications for Peace and Governance

    Melani Cammett;Edmund J. Malesky

  • The Impact of Provincial Institutions on Business Formalization in Vietnam

    Edmund Malesky;Markus Taussig

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan M. Jensen
Nathan M. Jensen The University of Texas at Austin
Scott Gehlbach
Scott Gehlbach University of Chicago
Sebastian M. Saiegh
Sebastian M. Saiegh University of California, San Diego
Hubert Schmitz
Hubert Schmitz University of Sussex
Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Gary Clyde Hufbauer Peterson Institute for International Economics
William L. Megginson
William L. Megginson University of Oklahoma
Helen V. Milner
Helen V. Milner Princeton University
Michael G. Findley
Michael G. Findley The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas B. Pepinsky
Thomas B. Pepinsky Cornell University

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