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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Shui-Yan Tang is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with eight publications in Political Science and International Relations, seven in Strategy and Management, six in Sociology and Political Science, five in Public Administration, and two in Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including Public Policy and Administration Research, China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance, Regulation and Compliance Studies, Local Government Finance and Decentralization, Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, Political Influence and Corporate Strategies, and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Rethinking local and regional governance in China: An institutional design and development perspective (2021, Urban Governance)
  • Evaluating California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: The First Five Years of Governance and Planning (2021, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association)
  • When Agency Priorities Matter: Risk Aversion for Autonomy and Turf Protection in Mandated Collaboration (2022, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory)
  • Enforcement officials' coping strategies in a changing regulatory environment (2021, Public Administration)
  • Global diffusion of COVID-19 policies: The role of geographic, institutional, and cultural cues (2023, Policy Studies Journal)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Shui-Yan Tang include:

  • Brian An
  • Carlos Wing-Hung Lo
  • Simon Porcher
  • Bo Wen
  • William D. Leach

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues with multiple publications in the following journals:

  • Public Administration Review
  • Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
  • Urban Governance
  • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
  • Public Administration

Shui-Yan Tang has been recognized as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

  • Institutions and collective action : self-governance in irrigation

    Shui Yan Tang

  • Mobile flows, storage, and self-organized institutions for governing common-pool resources

    E. Schlager;W. Blomquist;S. Y. Tang

  • Delivering Microfinance in Developing Countries: Controversies and Policy Perspectives

    Nitin Bhatt;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Determinants of Repayment in Microcredit: Evidence from Programs in the United States

    Nitin Bhatt;Shui–Yan Tang

  • Civic Environmental NGOs, Civil Society, and Democratisation in China

    Shui Yan Tang;Xueyong Zhan

  • Institutional Arrangements and the Management of Common-Pool Resources

    Shui Yan Tang

  • The Role of Commitment in Collective Action: Comparing the Organizational Behavior and Rational Choice Perspectives

    Peter J. Robertson;Shui-Yan Tang

  • POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS AND POLICY ADVOCACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs IN CHINA

    Xueyong Zhan;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Institutional reform, economic changes, and local environmental management in China: the case of Guangdong province

    Carlos Wing-Hung Lo;Shui-Yan Tang

  • The problem of transaction costs in group-based microlending: An institutional perspective

    Nitin Bhatt;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Lessons From COVID-19 Responses in East Asia: Institutional Infrastructure and Enduring Policy Instruments

    Brian Y. An;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Public Participation and Environmental Impact Assessment in Mainland China and Taiwan: Political Foundations of Environmental Management

    Shui-Yan Tang;Ching-Ping Tang;Carlos Wing-Hung Lo

  • Contextual changes and environmental policy implementation : a longitudinal study of street-level bureaucrats in Guangzhou, China

    Xueyong Zhan;Carlos Wing-Hung Lo;Shui Yan Tang

  • Making Microcredit Work in the United States: Social, Financial, and Administrative Dimensions:

    Nitin Bhatt;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Institutional Constraints on Environmental Management in Urban China: Environmental Impact Assessment in Guangzhou and Shanghai*

    Shui Yan Tang;CarlosWing Hung Lo;Kai Chee Cheung;Jack Man Keung Lo

  • Democratization and Environmental Politics in Taiwan

    Shui-Yan Tang;Ching-Ping Tang

  • Nonprofit Policy Advocacy under Authoritarianism

    Hui Li;Carlos Wing-Hung Lo;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Urban E-Government Initiatives and Environmental Decision Performance in Korea

    Joon Hyoung Lim;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Informal credit markets and economic development in Taiwan

    Shui-Yan Tang

  • Understanding the Implications of Government Ties for Nonprofit Operations and Functions

    Xueyong Zhan;Shui Yan Tang

  • Foundation Impact on Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations The Grantees' Perspective

    Francisco G. Delfin;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Public participation and environmental impact assessment

    湯京平;Ching-Ping Tang;Carlos Wing-Hung Lo;Shui-Yan Tang

  • Regulatory Compliance when the Rule of Law Is Weak: Evidence from China’s Environmental Reform

    Wai-Hang Yee;Shui-Yan Tang;Carlos Wing-Hung Lo

  • Self-Organizing Federalism: Collaborative Mechanisms to Mitigate Institutional Collective Action Dilemmas

    Shui-Yan Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Wing-Hung Lo
Carlos Wing-Hung Lo Chinese University of Hong Kong

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