| Disputes, democracies, and dependencies: A reexamination of the Kantian peace MD Ward, RM Siverson, X Cao American journal of political science 51 (3), 583-601, 2007 | 248 | 2007 |
| Networks of intergovernmental organizations and convergence in domestic economic policies X Cao International Studies Quarterly 53 (4), 1095-1130, 2009 | 183 | 2009 |
| Networks as channels of policy diffusion: Explaining worldwide changes in capital taxation, 1998–2006 X Cao International Studies Quarterly 54 (3), 823-854, 2010 | 179 | 2010 |
| Global networks and domestic policy convergence: A network explanation of policy changes X Cao World Politics 64 (3), 375-425, 2012 | 145* | 2012 |
| Global migration and political regime type: A democratic disadvantage C Breunig, X Cao, A Luedtke British Journal of Political Science 42 (4), 825-854, 2012 | 127 | 2012 |
| Domestic and international influences on green taxation H Ward, X Cao Comparative Political Studies 45 (9), 1075-1103, 2012 | 127 | 2012 |
| Trade competition and domestic pollution: A panel study, 1980–2003 X Cao, A Prakash International Organization 64 (3), 481-503, 2010 | 118 | 2010 |
| Signalling Quality: Trade Competition and the Cross-Country Diffusion of ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems.” X Cao, A Prakash Journal of policy analysis and management 29, 2011 | 105* | 2011 |
| Trade competition and environmental regulations: Domestic political constraints and issue visibility X Cao, A Prakash The Journal of Politics 74 (1), 66-82, 2012 | 103 | 2012 |
| Environmental political business cycles: the case of PM2. 5 air pollution in Chinese prefectures X Cao, G Kostka, X Xu Environmental science & policy 93, 92-100, 2019 | 86 | 2019 |
| Greening the career incentive structure for local officials in China: Does less pollution increase the chances of promotion for Chinese local leaders? M Wu, X Cao Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 107, 102440, 2021 | 84 | 2021 |
| Social distance in Bosnia‐Herzegovina and the North Caucasus region of Russia: Inter and intra‐ethnic attitudes and identities* KM Bakke, X Cao, J O'LOUGHLIN, MD Ward Nations and Nationalism 15 (2), 227-253, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
| Winning coalition size, state capacity, and time horizons: an application of modified selectorate theory to environmental public goods provision X Cao, H Ward International Studies Quarterly 59 (2), 264-279, 2015 | 64 | 2015 |
| Protecting jobs in the age of globalization: examining the relative salience of social welfare and industrial subsidies in OECD countries X Cao, A Prakash, MD Ward International Studies Quarterly 51 (2), 301-327, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| Research frontiers in comparative and international environmental politics: an introduction X Cao, HV Milner, A Prakash, H Ward Comparative Political Studies 47 (3), 291-308, 2014 | 53 | 2014 |
| Where is the tipping point? Bilateral trade and the diffusion of human rights X Cao, B Greenhill, A Prakash British Journal of Political Science 43 (1), 133-156, 2013 | 53 | 2013 |
| Transnational climate governance networks and domestic regulatory action X Cao, H Ward The Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance, 86-118, 2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| Digging the “ethnic violence in China” database: the effects of inter-ethnic inequality and natural resources exploitation in Xinjiang X Cao, H Duan, C Liu, JA Piazza, Y Wei China Review 18 (2), 121-154, 2018 | 51* | 2018 |
| Why invest in wind energy? Career incentives and Chinese renewable energy politics X Cao, A Kleit, C Liu Energy Policy 99, 120-131, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| State Capacity and the Environmental Investment Gap in Authoritarian States H Ward, X Cao, B Mukherjee Comparative Political Studies, 2014 | 42 | 2014 |
Aseem PrakashWalker Family Professor; Director, Center for Environmental PoliticsVerified email at uw.edu
