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Public budgeting and finance

Financial management of state and local governments

Fiscal health

Survey methods

Public management

Public Budgeting and Financial Management

Research Methods

Public Policy 

Publications

Holbrook, A. L., Lavrakas, P. J., Johnson, T. P., Crosby, A., Polskaia, P., Wang, X., Hu, X., Kapousouz, E.,Cho, Y., Silber, H. (forthcoming). Using Experimental Vignettes to Study how Survey Methods and Findings Affect the Public's Evaluation of Public Opinion Polls: Considering a Dual Process Approach. Survey Research Methods.

Yazici Aydemir, N., Wang, X., & Wu, Y. (2025). A comparative study of municipal fiscal responses to the COVID-19 and the Great Recession. Chinese Public Administration Review, 15396754241309009.

Abeygunawardane, S. K., Aravinthan, V., Wang, X., Pahwa, A., & Singh, C. (2024). Examining Power System Resilience from the Perspective of Consumers: A Review. IEEE Access.

Wang, X., & Cheng, J. (2023). The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Municipal Fiscal Health. State and Local Government Review, 55(4), 288-302.

Wang, X., Holbrook, A., & Feeney, M. (2022). The Role of Department Type in Public Managers鈥� Attitudes Toward Social Media Use. The American Review of Public Administration, 52(6), 457-471.

Wang, X., & Chen, C. (2021). An empirical analysis of capital assets condition ratio in local governments: the case of Florida counties. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 34(2), 330-346.

Holbrook, A., Sterrett, D., Crosby, A., Stavrakantonaki, M., Wang, X., Zhao, T., & Johnson, T. (2019). Survey Experiments and Changes in Question Wording in Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys. In the Edited Book: Experimental Methods in Survey Research: Techniques that Combine Random Sampling with Random Assignment (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology). Wiley Publisher.

 

Conference Presentations

鈥淐apital Assets Condition Ratios in American States: It鈥檚 Time to Invest in Infrastructure: A Political Economy Analysis.鈥� Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Washington D.C., September 2019.

鈥淔iscal Institutions and Municipal Fiscal Health: Evidence from Large American Cities.鈥� Annual Conference of Association of Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM). Washington, D.C., November, 2018.

鈥淎n Empirical Analysis of Local Government Investments in Capital Assets: The Case of Florida Counties.鈥� (With Can Chen). Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Denver, CO. October 2018

鈥淭he Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitations (TELs) on Municipal Financial Condition: Evidence from Large American Cities.鈥� Annual Conference of Western Social Science Association (WSSA). San Antonio, TX. April 2018.

鈥淭he Determinants of County Government Financial Condition: The Case of Michigan Counties.鈥� (With Yonghong Wu). Annual Conference of Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). Washington D.C., October 2017.

鈥淢easuring the Financial Condition of Michigan Counties: 2005-2013.鈥� (With Yonghong Wu) Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Atlanta, GA. March 2017.

鈥淚nternal Competition and Performance: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety.鈥� (With Michael Siciliano) Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA). Chicago,IL. April 2017

鈥淚nvestigation of Determinants of Financial Condition: An Empirical Study of American Cities.鈥� Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Denver, CO. March 2018.

鈥淚nvestigation of Attitudes Toward Social Media Use in US Local Government (new objective data and analysis added)鈥� (With Allyson Holbrook and Mary Feeney). Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). New Orleans, LA, May 2017.

鈥淚nvestigation of Attitudes Toward Social Media Use inUS Local Government.鈥� (With Allyson Holbrook and Mary Feeney). Annual Conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR). Chicago, IL. November 2016.

鈥淓xtreme Response Style: Scale Type and Left/Right Preferences.鈥� (With Allyson Holbrook and David Sterrett). Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). Austin, TX. May 2016.

Wang, X. 鈥淓xamining the Impact of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Financial Condition of Major American Cities.鈥� (Revised to Resubmitted at Public Performance & Management Review)

Wang, H.-C., Krause, R., & Wang, X. 鈥淐oncerns and Collaboration around Infrastructure Resilience in Rural and Urban Places.鈥� (Revised to Resubmitted at State and Local Government Review)

Wang, X., & Siciliano, M. D. 鈥淚nternal Competition and Performance: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety.鈥� (Under Review)

Wang, X. 鈥淓xamining Public Managers鈥� Perceptions on Financial Conditions: Insights from Local Governments in Kansas.鈥� (Under Review)

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014 - 2019

Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019

Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2016

WSU Award for Research/Creative Projects in Summer (ARCS): 2020

Convergence Science Initiative Award: 2020

The Institute for the Study and Economic Growth (ISEG) Research Grant Award: 2019

UIC Department Award for ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research (University of Michigan): 2017

UIC Graduate School Council Travel Award: 2016,2017

UIC Presenter Award: 2017

Member of Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society (NASPAA): 2012

Research Grants

NSF EPSCOR Track 1: 鈥淎daptive and Resilient Infrastructures driven by Social Equity (ARISE),鈥� Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $1,615,786. (May 2022 鈥� May 2027). Co-Principal Investigator.

"Using Probabilistic Machine Learning to Enhance Access to Drinking Water in Kansas," Sponsored by The Kansas Water Institute, $50,000. (September 17, 2024 鈥� June 30, 2026). Co-Principal Investigator.

"Enhanced Resilience of Drinking Water Accessibility in KS Using Probabilistic Machine Learning," Sponsored by Kansas NSF EPSCoR, $50,000. (July 1, 2024 鈥� August 31, 2025). Co-Principal Investigator.

鈥淚ntegrating Social Equity into Infrastructure Maintenance Planning Towards Resiliency,鈥� Sponsored by Kansas NSF EPSCoR, $50,000. (April 1, 2023 鈥� May 31, 2024). Co-Principal Investigator.

鈥淪edgwick County Fiscal Analysis,鈥� Sponsored by Sedgwick County, Kansas, $50,310. (Jan 2023 鈥� Oct 2023). Co-Principal Investigator.

鈥淪mart Fusion Material Discovery Research Cluster鈥�, Sponsored by 黑料网 President鈥檚 Convergent Science Initiative. $300,000. (October 1, 2020 鈥� September 30, 2023). Co-Principal Investigator.

鈥淭ransmission Planning Under High Renewable Penetration鈥�, Sponsored by Sunflower Electric. $120,000. (February 10, 2020 鈥� March 31, 2021). Co-Principal Investigator.

鈥淭he Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on Municipal Fiscal Health鈥擜 Panel Study of Large American Cities鈥�, Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Economic Grow (ISEG). $5,000. (Sep 2019 鈥� May 2020). Principal Investigator.

鈥淎n Empirical Study of Municipal Financial Condition in the U.S.鈥�, Sponsored by Wichita State University RESEARCH/CREATIVE PROJECTS IN SUMMER (ARCS). $4,000. (June 8, 2020 鈥� August 8, 2020). Principal Investigator.

Ph.D, Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019. Dissertation:  The Financial Condition of America鈥檚 Large Cities:  The Role of Fiscal Institutions, Decentralization, and Intergovernmental Aid

MPA, Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012

BA, Management, Nanjing Tech University, 2010

BA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, 2010