Under review
Cooperation and Punishment in Managing Social Performance: Labor Standards in the Gap Inc Supply Chain
Matthew Amengual and Greg Distelhorst
Order Overload? An Empirical Analysis of Delivery Spikes and Labor Violations in Global Supply Chains
Matthew Amengual and Greg Distelhorst
Articles
[12] Self-Regulation for Reputation-Sensitive Buyers: SA8000 in China
Greg Distelhorst, Judith Stroehle, and Duanyi Yang. Accepted at Management Science.
[11] Assessing the Social Impact of Corporations: Evidence from Management Control Interventions in the Supply Chain to Increase Worker Wages
Greg Distelhorst and Jee-Eun Shin. 2023. Journal of Accounting Research. 61(3): 855-890.
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[10] Socially Irresponsible Employment in Emerging-Market Manufacturers
Greg Distelhorst and Anita McGahan. 2021. Organization Science. 33(6): 2135-2158.
People’s Choice Award, Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability, 2018
Best Conference Paper Finalist, Society for Business Ethics, 2018
[9] Global Purchasing as Labor Regulation: The Missing Middle
Matthew Amengual, Greg Distelhorst, and Danny Tobin. 2020. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 73(4): 817-840.
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[8] Performing Authoritarian Citizenship: Public Transcripts in China
Greg Distelhorst and Diana Fu. 2019. Perspectives on Politics 17(1): 106-121.
pdf | Replication data
[7] Does Compliance Pay? Social Standards and Firm-level Trade
Greg Distelhorst and Richard M. Locke. 2018. American Journal of Political Science 62(3): 695-711.
pdf | SocArXiv | SSRN | Replication data | Blog summary
American Political Science Association Dorothy Day Award for Outstanding Labor Research, 2018.
Media: VoxDev.
[6] Grassroots Participation and Repression Under Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping
Diana Fu and Greg Distelhorst. 2018. The China Journal 79: 100-122.
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[5] The Power of Empty Promises: Quasi-democratic Institutions and Activism in China
Greg Distelhorst. 2017. Comparative Political Studies 50(4): 464-498.
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[4] Constituency Service Under Nondemocratic Rule: Evidence from China
Greg Distelhorst and Yue Hou. 2017. The Journal of Politics 79(3): 1024-1040.
pdf | SSRN | Replication data
[3] Does Lean Improve Labor Standards? Management and Social Performance in the Nike Supply Chain
Greg Distelhorst, Jens Hainmueller, and Richard M. Locke. 2017. Management Science, 63(3): 707-728.
pdf | SSRN | Replication data
Distinguished Winner, 2018 Responsible Research in Management Award, Top 3 of 106 nominations.
Media: Harvard Business Review, Forbes.
[2] Production Goes Global, Compliance Stays Local: Private Regulation in the Global Electronics Industry
Greg Distelhorst, Richard M. Locke, Timea Pal and Hiram Samel. 2015. Regulation & Governance 9(3): 224-242.
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[1] Ingroup Bias in Official Behavior: A National Field Experiment in China
Greg Distelhorst and Yue Hou. 2014. 2014. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 9(2): 203-230.
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Work in progress
China’s Meritocratic Government? Rank, Access to Promotion, and Perceptions of Chinese Officials
Margaret Boittin, Greg Distelhorst and, Francis Fukuyama
Reassessing the Quality of Government in China
Margaret Boittin, Greg Distelhorst, and Francis Fukuyama. SSRN
The Political Beliefs of Chinese Officials
Greg Distelhorst.
Wages of Sin? Labor Violations and Manufacturer Performance in China
Greg Distelhorst.
Rituals of Responsiveness in China
Greg Distelhorst and Diana Fu.
Book reviews
China’s Governance Puzzle: Enabling Transparency and Participation in a Single-Party State, by Edmund J. Malesky, Jonathan R. Stromseth, and Dimitar D. Gueorguiev. Reviewed in The China Journal, 2019 (82): 154-156. pdf
Making Autocracy Work: Representation and Responsiveness in Modern China, by Rory Truex. Reviewed in Journal of Chinese Political Science, 2019 (2). pdf
Students
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