Yiqing Xu
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Bio
Dr. Xu's primary research covers political methodology, Chinese politics, and their intersection. He received a PhD in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2016), an MA in Economics from China Center for Economic Research at Peking University (2010) and a BA in Economics (2007) from Fudan University.
His work has appeared in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Political Science Research and Methods, among other peer-reviewed journals.
He has won several professional awards, including the best article award from American Journal of Political Science in 2016 and the Miller Prize (2018, 2020) for the best work appearing in Political Analysis the preceding year. In 2024, interflex, R and Stata packages he developed with his team won the Best Statistical Software Award of the Society of Political Methodology. The same year, he received the Society’s Emerging Scholar Award.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2041-66712023-24 Courses
- Chinese Politics and Society: An Expert-Led Seminar
POLISCI 117, POLISCI 317 (Win) - Data Science for Politics
POLISCI 150A, POLISCI 355A (Aut) - Political Methodology I: Regression
POLISCI 450A (Aut) - Workshop in Political Methodology
POLISCI 353A (Aut) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Advanced Individual Study in Political Methodology
POLISCI 359 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 249 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 349 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Reading and Research in Political Methodology
POLISCI 259 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Advanced Individual Study in Political Methodology
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Prior Year Courses
2022-23 Courses
- Data Science for Politics
POLISCI 150A, POLISCI 355A (Aut) - Workshop in Political Methodology
POLISCI 353A (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Directed Readings on Causal Inference with Panel Data
POLISCI 451 (Spr)
2020-21 Courses
- Data Science for Politics
POLISCI 150A, POLISCI 355A (Aut, Sum) - Political Methodology I: Regression
POLISCI 450A (Aut)
- Data Science for Politics
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Yiqin Fu, Shun Yamaya -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Licheng Liu -
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Albert Chiu -
Master's Program Advisor
Jiaqi Li -
Doctoral (Program)
Albert Chiu, Victoria Liu
All Publications
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Panel Data Visualization in R (panelView) and Stata (panelview)
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
2023; 107 (7)
View details for DOI 10.18637/jss.v107.i07
View details for Web of Science ID 001080351400001
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The power of history: How a victimization narrative shapes national identity and public opinion in China
RESEARCH & POLITICS
2023; 10 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1177/20531680231154837
View details for Web of Science ID 000975590700001
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Bayesian Rule Set: A Quantitative Alternative to Qualitative Comparative Analysis
JOURNAL OF POLITICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.1086/720791
View details for Web of Science ID 000899600800001
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A Practical Guide to Counterfactual Estimators for Causal Inference with Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2022
View details for DOI 10.1111/ajps.12723
View details for Web of Science ID 000835147300001
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Hierarchically Regularized Entropy Balancing
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
2022
View details for DOI 10.1017/pan.2022.12
View details for Web of Science ID 000813371700001
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Clans and calamity: How social capital saved lives during China's Great Famine
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
2022; 157
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102865
View details for Web of Science ID 000792123400003
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A Bayesian Alternative to Synthetic Control for Comparative Case Studies
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
2022; 30 (2): 269-288
View details for DOI 10.1017/pan.2021.22
View details for Web of Science ID 000766699500010
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How government-controlled media shifts policy attitudes through framing
POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND METHODS
2022; 10 (2): 317-332
View details for DOI 10.1017/psrm.2021.35
View details for Web of Science ID 000777984100008
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How Much Should We Trust Estimates from Multiplicative Interaction Models? Simple Tools to Improve Empirical Practice
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
2019; 27 (2): 163–92
View details for DOI 10.1017/pan.2018.46
View details for Web of Science ID 000462735500003
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Outspoken Insiders: Political Connections and Citizen Participation in Authoritarian China
POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
2018; 40 (3): 629–57
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11109-017-9416-6
View details for Web of Science ID 000442002500004
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China's Ideological Spectrum
JOURNAL OF POLITICS
2018; 80 (1): 254–73
View details for DOI 10.1086/694255
View details for Web of Science ID 000419487800033
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Incremental Democracy: The Policy Effects of Partisan Control of State Government
JOURNAL OF POLITICS
2017; 79 (4): 1342–58
View details for DOI 10.1086/692669
View details for Web of Science ID 000418267500023
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Why Do Authoritarian Regimes Allow Citizens to Voice Opinions Publicly?
JOURNAL OF POLITICS
2017; 79 (3): 792–803
View details for DOI 10.1086/690303
View details for Web of Science ID 000403659000012
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Information Manipulation and Reform in Authoritarian Regimes
POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND METHODS
2017; 5 (1): 163–78
View details for DOI 10.1017/psrm.2015.21
View details for Web of Science ID 000391225900008
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Generalized Synthetic Control Method: Causal Inference with Interactive Fixed Effects Models
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
2017; 25 (1): 57–76
View details for DOI 10.1017/pan.2016.2
View details for Web of Science ID 000398071200003
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Sources of Authoritarian Responsiveness: A Field Experiment in China
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2016; 60 (2): 383-400
View details for DOI 10.1111/ajps.12207
View details for Web of Science ID 000374005500007
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Informal Institutions, Collective Action, and Public Investment in Rural China
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
2015; 109 (2): 371–91
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0003055415000155
View details for Web of Science ID 000353518100011