Political Economy of Civil Service

Recent Publications

Resh, W., Ahn, Y., & Moynihan, D. (2023). Populism and administrative dysfunction: The impact of US government shutdowns on personnel and policy implementation. Governance. 

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 (2022), 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”

• "Mixed Institutional Messages and Bayesian Updating during Crisis” 

• “Turnover Effects of Government Shutdowns on the US Federal Labor Market"

• “The Political Economy of Minority Representation in US Federal Procurement” 

• “Recruitment Effects of Government Shutdowns on the United States Federal Labor Market"

• “Measuring the Effect of Remote Work Possibilities on the United States Federal Labor Market”