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 Constraints of Multi-Principal Political Representation in 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”