Books:
1. From Free Trade to America First: How Trump’s Rhetoric and Policies Reshaped American Views on Trade New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Elements on Experimental Political Science. (With Joseph Essig; Book Project under Contract)
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles & Book Chapters
29. Shuai Cao, Ping Xu, Hongtao Yi and Ling Zhu. 2026. “From Germination to Transformation: Policy Studies in China Over the Past Half-Century (1970s-2020s),” Policy Studies Journal, accepted.
28. Ping Xu, James Garand, Belinda Davis, and Michael Henderson. 2025. “The Politics of (Mis)perception: Understanding Americans’ Beliefs About Immigrant Welfare Usage,” Social Science Quarterly, Published online on November 25, 2025 [Full Article in PDF]
27. Ping Xu, Belinda Davis, and James Garand. 2025. “ ‘Immigrationalization’ of the Welfare State: Contextual Influences on Welfare Politics in the United States,” Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics. [Full Article in PDF]
26. Ping Xu, Nina Kussau, Ashlea Rundlett, Brendan Skip Mark, Brian Krueger, and Caroline Fowler. 2025. “Political Elites and Attitudes toward International Organizations in the Trump Era,” Social Science Quarterly. [Full Article in PDF]
25. Ping Xu, Brian Krueger, Fan Liang, Mingxin Zhang, Marc Hutchison, and Mingzhi Chang. 2023. “Media framing and public support for China’s social credit system: An experimental study,” New Media & Society, 14614448231187823. [Full Article in PDF]
24. Dmitriy Nurullayev, Ping Xu, and James Garand. 2024. “COVID-19, Trump, and Americans’ Attitudes Toward U.S. Trade Practices with China,” Social Science Quarterly. [Full Article in PDF]
23. Ceren Keser, James Garand, Ping Xu and Joseph Essig. 2024. “Partisanship, Trump Favorability, and Changes in Support for Trade,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 54(1), 46-64. [Full Article in PDF]
22. Ping Xu and Ling Zhu. 2022. “Immigration, Policy Exclusion, and State-Level Inequality in TANF Usage,” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2022, pp. 1-27 [Full Article in PDF] [Supplementary Material]
21. Ping Xu, Yinjiao Ye, and Mingxin Zhang. 2022. “Exploring the Effects of Traditional Media, Social Media and Foreign Media on Hierarchical Levels of Political Trust in China.” Global Media and China. Vol. 7(3) 357-377 [Full Article in PDF]
20. Ping Xu, Kristin Johnson and Ashlea Rundlett. 2022. “E-Participation in Contemporary China: A Comparison with Conventional Offline Participation.” Chinese Public Administration Review. Vol. 13(3) 150-161 [Full Article in PDF] [Supplemental Material]
19. Mingmin Zhang, Ping Xu and Yinjiao Ye. 2021. “Trust in Social Media Brands and Perceived Media Values—A Survey Study in China.” Computers in Human Behavior, 127 (2022) 107024 [Full Article in PDF]
18. Mingmin Zhang, Yinjiao Ye, and Ping Xu. 2021. “An Empirical Test of the Perceived Social Media Values and Usage in China.” Journalism & Communication Review, 74(5), pp.28-42 (in Chinese) [Full Article in PDF]
17. Joseph Essig, Ping Xu, James Garand, and Ceren Keser. 2021. “The ‘Trump’ Effect: Elite Rhetoric and Support for Free Trade in America,” American Politics Research, 49 (3), pp.328-342 [Full Article in PDF]
16. Yinjiao Ye, Ping Xu, Mingxin Zhang. 2020. “Social Media, Public Discourse and Civic Engagement in China,” in China in the Age of Social Media: An Unprecedented Force for An Unprecedented Social Transformation: pages 60-82. United Kingdom: Lexington Books. [Full Chapter in PDF]
15. James Garand and Ping Xu. 2019. “Bureaucrats, Policy Attitudes, and Political Behavior: A Reappraisal,” in Peter John Loewen and Daniel Rubenson (ed.), Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters, Toronto: University of Toronto: pages 169-200 [Full Chapter in PDF]
14. Ping Xu, Yinjiao Ye, Mingxin Zhang. 2018. “Assessing Political Participation on the Internet in Contemporary China,” Chinese Journal of Communication,11(3), pp. 243-266 [Full Article in PDF]
13. Ping Xu. 2017. “Compensation or Retrenchment? The Paradox of Immigration and Public Welfare Spending in the American States,” State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 17(1) 76-104. [Full Article in PDF]
12. James Garand, Ping Xu and Belinda Davis. 2017. “Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public,” American Journal of Political Science, 61(1) 146-162 [Full Article in PDF]
11. Yinjiao Ye, Ping Xu and Mingxin Zhang. 2017. “Social Media, Public Discourse and Civic Engagement in Modern China,” Telematics and Informatics, 34(3) 705-714 [Full Article in PDF]
10.Ping Xu, James Garand and Ling Zhu. 2016.“Imported Inequality? Immigration and Income Inequality in the American States,” State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 16(2) 147-171. [Full Article in PDF]
9. Bret Anderson, Brian Krueger and Ping Xu (author names listed alphabetically). 2016. “Does Global Market Integration Weaken Opinion-Policy Congruence in the American States?” Politics & Policy, 44(4) 677-711. [Full Article in PDF]
8. Marc Hutchison and Ping Xu. 2016. “Trust in China? The Impact of Development, Inequality, and Openness on Political Trust across China’s Provinces, 2001-2012,” Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 2(2) 176-195. [Full Article in PDF]
7. Ping Xu. 2016. “Has Globalization Fostered an Unequal Democracy? –An Empirical Study in the American States,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, 41(2). [Full Article in PDF]
6. Ling Zhu and Ping Xu. 2015. “The Politics of Welfare Exclusion: Immigration and Disparity in Medicaid Coverage,” Policy Studies Journal, 43 (4) 456-483. [Full Article in PDF]
5. Brian Krueger and Ping Xu (author names listed alphabetically). 2015. “Trade Exposure and the Polarization of Government Spending in the American States”, American Politics Research, 43(5) 793-820. [Full Article in PDF]
4. Ping Xu, Xiaoli Li, Xi Zuo and Huang Zhang. 2014. “China after the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008,” in Naim Kapucu and Kuotsai Tom Liou (ed.), 2014, Disaster & Development: Examining Global Issues and Cases, New York: Springer International Publishing, pp 427-447. [Full Chapter in PDF]
3. James Garand, Justin Ultrich and Ping Xu. 2013. “Fiscal Policy in the American States,” in Donald Haider-Markel (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government Politics, a volume of Oxford Handbooks of American Politics, New York: Oxford University Press. [Full Chapter in PDF]
2. Xi Chen and Ping Xu. 2011. “From Resistance to Advocacy: Political Representation for Disabled People in China,” The China Quarterly, 207, September 2011, pp. 649-667 [Full Article in PDF]
1. Ping Xu and James Garand. 2010. “Economic Contexts and Americans’ Attitudes toward Income Inequality,” Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 91(5), pp.1220-1241. [Full Article in PDF]
Other Publications:
1. Ping Xu, Dongming Wang, Qiang Zhang, Huan Zhang. 2008. “Sichuan Red Cross and Its Management of Donation in the Aftermath of Wenchuan Earthquake,” in Council of Earthquake Rescue and Disaster Relief Advisors (ed.), Research Colloquium on Social Management and Policy in the Aftermath of Wenchuan Earthquake, Beijing: Science Press. (in Chinese)
2. Ping Xu and Kaibin Zhong. 2008. “Evacuation and Relocation of Elderly Evacuees in 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake,” in Council of Earthquake Rescue and Disaster Relief Advisors (ed.), Research Colloquium on Social Management and Policy in the Aftermath of Wenchuan Earthquake, Beijing: Science Press. (in Chinese)
3. Ping Xu and Jiajun Xu. 2008. “Perceptions and Misperceptions of Chinese Earthquake Response by International Media,” Journal of Crisis Management, Vol. 44(5), pp.8-14 (in Chinese)
4. Ping Xu. “An Analysis of the 2004 Price Increase based on the Price Theory,” Prices Monthly, Vol. 320(1), p41 (In Chinese)
Policy Briefs and Media Engagement:
1. James Garand, Ping Xu and Belinda Davis. 2016. “Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public.” American Journal of Political Science Blog, January 14, 2016
2. James Garand, Ping Xu and Belinda Davis. 2016. “Positive views of immigration are linked to more favorable views about welfare among Americans.” The London School of Economics and Political Science, USAPP American Politics and Policy Blog, January 15, 2016
3. Ping Xu, James Garand and Ling Zhu. 2015. “How Immigration Makes Income Inequality Worse in the US.” The London School of Economics and Political Science, USAPP American Politics and Policy Blog, October 14, 2015
4. Brian Krueger and Ping Xu (author names ordered alphabetically). 2015. “Conservative controlled states cut infrastructure and welfare spending in response to increased exposure to global trade.” The London School of Economics and Political Science, USAPP American Politics and Policy Blog, May 4, 2015.
5. Ping Xu. 2008. “Evacuation, Relocation and Care-taking of Elderly People in 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake,” policy delivery to Central Chinese governmental agencies, May 28, 2008 (In Chinese)
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