Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Department of Public Administration

School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University,

Guangzhou, 510275

Email: chenxin29@mail.sysu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky, 2020

Master in Financial Information Engineering, Peking University, 2016

Bachelor in Economics, Northwest University, 2013

EMPLOYMENT

2022.2—present, School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University

TEACHING

Government Performance Management (Undergrad), History of Public Administration (Undergrad)

Public Financial Management (Graduate)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Public Budgeting and Finance, State and Local Governance, Intergovernmental Relationship

PUBLICATION

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

9. Jinhai Yu, Xin Chen*. 2025. "Does Negative Feedback on Financial Performance Affect Managerial Turnover?", Public Management Review. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2456665

8. Jinhai Yu, Zhiwei Zhang, Xin Chen*, Rachel Boward. 2025. "Mapping Government Budgeting Research: A Systematic Literature Review", International Journal of Public Administration. Online first.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2024.2447080  

7. Lang (Kate) Yang, Jinhai Yu, Xin Chen. 2024. "The Elusive Fiscal Commons: Examining Fiscal Interaction among Overlapping Governments", Public Budgeting & Finance. online first. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbaf.12374

6. Wenchi Wei, Xin Chen*. 2024. "Service Outsourcing and Government Fiscal Conditions: Do Market Competition, Bureaucrat Support, and Management Capacity Matter?", American Review of Public Administration, 54(6): 507-616. https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740241232678

5. Xin Chen, Andrew Sullivan. 2024, "Break My Stride? The Impact of Collaboration Entrants on Community-level Performance for Economic Development", Public Management Review, 27(1): 50-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2023.2224358

4. Xin Chen, Andrew Sullivan. 2023, "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Why Participants Leave Collaborative Governance Arrangements", Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32(2): 246-261.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muac024

3. Xin Chen. 2024, “Local Autonomy and Service Delivery: How Does Home Rule Shape the Provision of Local Public Services?”, Public Management Review, 26(1): 1-24.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2022.2039953

2. Xin Chen. 2022, "How does local autonomy shape the revenues of small municipalities?", Chinese Public Administration Review,13(1-2): 75-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/15396754221104381

1. Jinhai Yu, Xin Chen*, Mark Robbins. 2022, “Market Responses to Voter-Approved Debt”, National Tax Journal, 75(1): 93-119.  https://doi.org/10.1086/716770