Political Economy of Civil Service
2024 Herbert Kaufman Award for Best Paper Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Conference (Section on Public Administration)
“Assessing the Effects of Government Shutdowns on the Inflow and Outflow Dynamics of the United States Federal Workforce,” by Willam Resh, Yongjin Ahn, Weijie Wang, and Keunyoung Lee.
Recent Publications
Resh, W., Ahn, Y., & Moynihan, D. (2024). Populism and administrative dysfunction: The impact of US government shutdowns on personnel and policy implementation. Governance, https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12823
Roberts, A., Resh,W., Basu, R., Onyango, G., Sullivan, H., Peci, A., Kapucu, N., Schomaker, R., & Mele, V. (2023). Roundtable: How do We Connect Public Administration and Human Rights? Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. gvad010, https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvad010
Ahn, Y. & Resh, W. (2022). Bureaucratic Motivations in Political Economy: An Overview. Volume edited by R. Davis and E. Stazyk, Research Handbook on Motivation in Public Administration. Edward Elgar.
Limbocker, S., Selin, J. & Resh, W. (2022) “Anticipated Adjudication: An Analysis of the Judicialization of the US Administrative State,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muab040
Resh, W., Napolio, N. & Lee, K.** (2022) “The Pivotal and Distributive Politics of Senate-Confirmed Appointee Vacancies,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 52(1), 60–83 https://doi.org/10.1111/psq.12769
**student partners
Current Projects
The Political Appointees Project – ongoing data collection of Senate-confirmed appointments and vacancies (1989-Present)
“The Effect of Political Fluctuations in Polycentric U. S. Federal Contracting Markets”
“Brand Equity and Presidential Credit Claiming during the COVID-19 Crisis” (Under Review at Policy and Politics)
"Mixed Institutional Messages and Bayesian Updating during Crisis” (Under Review)
“Turnover Effects of Government Shutdowns on the US Federal Labor Market" (Under Review at Public Administration Review)
“The Political Economy of Minority Representation in US Federal Procurement” (Under Review)
“Recruitment Effects of Government Shutdowns on the United States Federal Labor Market" (To Be Presented at the Public Management Research Conference 2024, Seattle, WA)
“Measuring the Effect of Remote Work Possibilities on the United States Federal Labor Market”