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
13. 陈馨. 2025. 财政压力下的公共组织削减管理：一个文献综述. 《公共行政评论》,18(04):173-195+200.
12. Xin Chen, and Andrew A. Sullivan. 2025. "With or Without You: Does Local Autonomy Increase Intergovernmental Collaboration?" Public Management Review. online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2535428
11. Xin Chen, and Jinhai Yu. 2025. "Does Negative Performance Feedback Cause Managerial Turnover? The Moderating Role of Race." Review of Public Personnel Administration. online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X251343327
10. Jinhai Yu, Xin Chen*. 2025. "Does Organizational Performance Feedback Affect Public Service Outsourcing?", Urban Affairs Review. online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874251330256
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
