Can Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3727673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Can Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Can |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9109-1061 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 47 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Measuring and Benchmarking Fiscal Health: A Study of Chinese Provincial Governments
Understanding the fiscal health of local governments is crucial for sound fiscal decision-making processes and prudent fiscal management across the globe. To generate knowledge about fiscal health in an international context, this research establishes a four-dimensional framework to conceptualize and measure the fiscal health of Chinese local governments, considering China’s unique political and fiscal institutions. The study generates an aggrega…
Do Performance Budgeting Reforms Reduce Corruption? Evidence From a Quasi‐Experimental Study
Performance budgeting has been widely advocated as a tool to strengthen fiscal accountability and improve public spending efficiency. However, its role in deterring corruption remains underexplored. This study examines the impact of performance budgeting reforms on corruption in Chinese local governments. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach with the staggered implementation of performance budgeting reforms across Chinese provinces, we find…
Public participation and distributional equity of government spending
Bushen Tiaojing Decoction promotes endometrial angiogenesis to improve endometrial receptivity by regulating KLF4-mediated mitochondrial function and transcription activity
State Budgetary Outcomes: Do CEO Governors Make a Difference
The personal background and traits of top organizational leaders matter for organizational strategies, policymaking, and outcomes. Drawing on upper echelons theory, imprinting theory, and scholarship on managerial decision‐making and the transferability of private‐sector management approaches to the public sector, this study examines the relationship between US governors' top business experience and budgetary outcomes. Competing hypotheses are pr…
Epidemic characteristics and effectiveness of vaccine intervention on rotavirus infection: A real-world observational study in Zhejiang Province, China
Background: Rotavirus infection, the most common cause of infant infectious diarrhoea and related deaths worldwide, has imposed a high disease burden in China, especially in Zhejiang Province. This study described the overall epidemiological characteristics and trends of reported rotavirus infections in Zhejiang Province from 2005 to 2022 and evaluated the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines on the incidence of rotavirus infection. Materials and …
Adherence to mask-wearing and its impact on the incidence and deaths of viral respiratory infectious diseases: A systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study
Adherence to handwashing behaviour and its impact on the incidence and death of viral respiratory infectious diseases: A systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study
OBJECTIVES: Washing hands is considered an effective way for preventing viral respiratory infections. This study systematically investigated the global and regional adherence to hand-washing behaviour and its impact on the incidence and death of viral respiratory infectious diseases (VRIDs). METHODS: In our systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus for related studies. We included observational stu…
Does bureaucratic representation constrain local exploitative revenue sources? The Florida experience
National, regional, and provincial prevalence of glaucoma in China in 2020: An updated systematic review and modelling analysis
Background: Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, with a significant disease burden in China. Accurate prevalence estimates are crucial for guiding public health strategies, but large-scale epidemiological investigations remain challenging due to the need for comprehensive ophthalmic assessments. Through a systematic review and modelling approach, we aimed to estimate the national, regional, and provincial prevalence …
Myopia prevalence among primary school students across different districts in Guangzhou: Insights from a large-scale school-based screening
District-level disparities in myopia prevalence were identified, underscoring the importance of region-specific considerations in future prevention strategies
Hand, foot and mouth disease incidence in mainland China: Temporal trends and projections to 2030
It was important to protect the population, especially children in high-risk areas of HFMD. In high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita areas, especially urban areas, health departments should advise to reduce gathering activities that may cause the spread of HFMD. In areas such as train stations, bus stations, and airports with more floating population, health department should advise travelers not to stay in these areas for a long time
The optimal strategy for seasonal influenza vaccination to prevent high-intensity level of influenza epidemics in Zhejiang, China: An integrated transmission-dynamic and health-economic modeling analy…
Achieving a population-wide vaccination coverage beyond 36.17% is projected to prevent high-intensity level of influenza epidemics. Targeting the 0-14 years and 60 + years age groups proves to be the most cost-effective strategy under constrained coverage conditions. These findings highlight the importance of age-prioritized vaccination policies to optimize resource allocation and mitigate the impact of influenza outbreaks, particularly in region…
An Integrated Framework to Improve Public Involvement in Public-Private Partnerships: Aligning Participatory Modes With Informational Needs in PPPs
While prior literature has explored how different participation modalities can align with pre-specified goals in public involvement programs, research is needed on how configurations of participation modalities can address informational goals that are unique to PPPs. This study addresses this need by integrating insights from the literatures on PPPs and on public involvement to develop a theoretical framework. This study underscores the importanc…
Advancing Social Equity in Public Budgeting: The Role of Minority Political Representation in Local Government
Despite the growing number of minority elected officials, extant research has yet to understand if minority political representation improves social equity of budget allocation. This study tests whether having more minority representatives on county legislative bodies is associated with higher government redistributive spending, a key indicator of equitable resource distribution. Drawing on Peterson's (1981) classification of government programs …
The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the burden of maternal and neonatal disorders: A counterfactual modeling based on the global burden of disease study (2021)
Risk distribution of human infections with avian influenza A (H5N1, H5N6, H9N2 and H7N9) viruses in China
Background: This study aimed to investigate epidemiologic characteristics of major human infection with avian influenza and explore the factors underlying the spatial distributions, particularly H5N6 and H9N2, as H9N2 could directly infect mankind and contribute partial or even whole internal genes to generate novel human-lethal reassortants such as H5N6. They pose potential threats to public health and agriculture. Methods: This study collected …
Are Women Commissioners More Compassionate Spenders? Evidence From Florida County Governments
While the number of women in government has increased, prior research on whether enhancing women's political representation alters policy choices has produced inconclusive findings. This study asks if higher women's participation in electoral institutions at the local level is associated with a different spending profile. Using Peterson’s typology of developmental, redistributive, and allocational government programs, we argue that legislative bo…
Southwest Cinematography: The Scientific, Ethnic and Aesthetic Nature of Sun Mingjing’s Frontier Photographic Perspective
Sun Mingjing is the pioneer of modern Chinese film education and the pioneer of Chinese TV industry. From 1938 to 1945, Sun Mingjing moved westward to Sichuan due to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and the southwest countries naturally became the theme of his photography. At that time, there were many provinces such as Sichuan, Kang, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Tibet in the southwest. However, the academic circles at that time paid little attenti…
Prevalence of hepatitis E virus in China from 1997 to 2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Triclosan is associated with breast cancer via oxidative stress and relative telomere length
Introduction Triclosan (TCS), a widely prescribed broad-spectrum antibacterial agent, is an endocrine-disrupting chemical. The relationship and biological mechanisms between TCS exposure and breast cancer (BC) are disputed. We aimed to examine the correlation between urinary TCS exposure and BC risk and estimated the mediating effects of oxidative stress and relative telomere length (RTL) in the above association. Methods This case-control study …
Porcine cardiac blood - Salvia miltiorrhiza root alleviates cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury by inhibiting oxidative stress induced apoptosis through PI3K/AKT/Bcl-2/Bax signaling pathway
Innovative Infrastructure Finance: A Guide for State and Local Governments
Global Burden and Trends of Norovirus-Associated Diseases From 1990 to 2019: An Observational Trend Study
Introduction: As an important pathogen causing diarrheal diseases, the burden and change in the death rate of norovirus-associated diseases (NADs) globally are still unknown. Methods: Based on global disease burden data from 1990 to 2019, we analyzed the age-standardized death rate (ASDR) of NADs by age, region, country, and Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) level. The discrete Poisson model was applied in the analysis of NADs' spatiotemporal aggrega…
Global disease burden and trends of leukemia attributable to occupational risk from 1990 to 2019: An observational trend study
Background: Leukemia caused by occupational risk is a problem that needs more attention and remains to be solved urgently, especially for acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL). However, there is a paucity of literature on this issue. We aimed to assess the global burden and trends of leukemia attributable to occupational risk from 1990 to 2019. Methods: This observational trend study was …
Do transparency mechanisms reduce government corruption? A meta-analysis
This article presents a meta-analysis of empirical studies to examine the role of transparency mechanisms for curbing corruption. The analysis reveals that transparency has an overall significant, though small, effect size in reducing corruption. Transparency is more effective for reducing subjective than objective corruption measures. While legal transparency mechanisms with freedom of information laws are important, fiscal transparency and e-tr…
A Cross-Country Comparison of Fiscal Policy Responses to the Covid-19 Global Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a variety of responses from governments around the world. This research investigates national governments' fiscal policies that have been introduced to manage the COVID-19 pandemic within economic, political, and institutional contexts. It demonstrates similarities and heterogeneity in the three dimensions of fiscal policy responses to COVID-19 (the size of fiscal spending, the types and targets of fiscal policy…
Advancing Social Equity in Public Budgeting: The Role of Minority Political Representation in Local Government
Despite the growing number of minority elected officials, extant research has yet to understand if minority political representation improves social equity of budget allocation. This study tests whether having more minority representatives on county legislative bodies is associated with higher government redistributive spending, a key indicator of equitable resource distribution. Drawing on Peterson's (1981) classification of government programs …
Budgetary changes and organizational performance: Evidence from state transportation agencies
Existing punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) literature identifies the causes of policy punctuations. However, there are a lack of theoretical and empirical studies on the effects of policy punctuations on organizational performance. This study extends PET from policy formulation to policy outcomes and explores how public agencies transfer budgetary inputs to organizational performance outcomes in the policy context of American state highway tran…
Corruption and the quality of transportation infrastructure: Evidence from the US states
Few studies have linked public corruption to the quality of public infrastructure, particularly in developed countries. This article examines how public corruption affects the quality of transportation infrastructure in the context of the US states. Using state panel data for the period from 2002 to 2008, we found that public corruption had a negative impact on the quality of state roads, as captured by the International Roughness Index and overa…
Traditional symbiotic farming technology in China promotes the sustainability of a flooded rice production system
Maximizing Efficiency in State Infrastructure Finance: The Role of Competition, Citizen Monitoring Capacity, and Institutions
In the United States, despite record levels of public infrastructure spending, evidence on rising traffic congestion and deteriorating infrastructure condition raises questions about the efficiency of government infrastructure spending. This research aims at empirically assessing and explaining the relative efficiency in producing public highway infrastructure outcomes among American states. To achieve this purpose, a semiparametric analysis—the …
Measuring State Highway Sustainability: Taking the Fiscal Dimension Into Account
Sustainability is vital to the future of America’s transportation infrastructure. Achieving a sustainable highway system contributes to overall transportation development. This article focuses on the development of a sustainability index that can be used to measure and benchmark state highway transportation systems. The index was derived from a principal components analysis (PCA) of 2007 U.S. state highway systems data. Seventeen variables measur…
Sustainability and Transportation
This paper examines the evolution of the U.S. transportation system with a particular focus on transportation sustainability. Drawing from transportation history and emerging sustainability practice, the paper articulates new roles for public administration practitioners to enable them to promote sustainable transportation
Measuring State Highway Sustainability: Taking the Fiscal Dimension Into Account
Sustainability is vital to the future of America’s transportation infrastructure. Achieving a sustainable highway system contributes to overall transportation development. This article focuses on the development of a sustainability index that can be used to measure and benchmark state highway transportation systems. The index was derived from a principal components analysis (PCA) of 2007 U.S. state highway systems data. Seventeen variables measur…
Sustainability and Transportation
This paper examines the evolution of the U.S. transportation system with a particular focus on transportation sustainability. Drawing from transportation history and emerging sustainability practice, the paper articulates new roles for public administration practitioners to enable them to promote sustainable transportation
Traditional symbiotic farming technology in China promotes the sustainability of a flooded rice production system
Does money matter for infrastructure outcomes? The effects of public infrastructure finance on state infrastructure quality
Given the significant amount of public infrastructure spending and the widely expressed concern about the declining quality of the American public infrastructure system, research about the effectiveness of public infrastructure investment is especially timely and crucial. The study extends public service production theory and public choice theory to the public infrastructure field, and develops a realistic and full theoretical model of public hig…
Maximizing Efficiency in State Infrastructure Finance: The Role of Competition, Citizen Monitoring Capacity, and Institutions
In the United States, despite record levels of public infrastructure spending, evidence on rising traffic congestion and deteriorating infrastructure condition raises questions about the efficiency of government infrastructure spending. This research aims at empirically assessing and explaining the relative efficiency in producing public highway infrastructure outcomes among American states. To achieve this purpose, a semiparametric analysis—the …
Public infrastructure finance: Symposium introduction
A bigger bang for the public buck: A non-parametric efficiency analysis of state highway infrastructure investment
Purpose It is well known that public infrastructure, particularly the transportation infrastructure sector, is notorious for low efficiency, spending waste and corruption. Achieving the efficiency of public infrastructure investment is a crucial element to improve the current deteriorating condition of American transportation infrastructure system. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This research utilizes an input…
New combined supercritical carbon dioxide cycles for coal-fired power plants
Epidemiological Investigation and Virus Tracing of a Measles Outbreak in Zhoushan Islands, China, 2019
Background: Measles transmissions due to case importations challenge public health systems globally and herd immunities in all countries. In 2019, an imported measles case and its subsequently outbreak was found in the Zhoushan Islands. Here, the process of epidemiological investigation and virus tracing were summarized to provide references for the prevention and control of measles in the future. Materials and methods: The data on the demographi…
Corruption and the quality of transportation infrastructure: Evidence from the US states
Few studies have linked public corruption to the quality of public infrastructure, particularly in developed countries. This article examines how public corruption affects the quality of transportation infrastructure in the context of the US states. Using state panel data for the period from 2002 to 2008, we found that public corruption had a negative impact on the quality of state roads, as captured by the International Roughness Index and overa…
Epidemiological Trends and Hotspots of Other Infectious Diarrhea (OID) in Mainland China: A Population-Based Surveillance Study From 2004 to 2017
Background: The incidence of other infectious diarrhea (OID) ranked second in class C notifiable disease in China. It has posed a great threat to public health of all age groups. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological trends and hotspots of OID in mainland China. Materials and Methods: Incidence and mortality data for OID stratified by date, age and region from 2004 to 2017 was extracted from the data-center of China public …
Characteristics of Viral Shedding Time in Sars-CoV-2 Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: The viral shedding time (VST) of SARS-CoV-2 mainly determines its transmission and duration of infectiousness. However, it was heterogeneous in the existing studies. Here, we performed a meta-analysis to comprehensively summarize the VST of SARS-CoV-2. Methods: We searched PubMed, Web of Science, MedRxiv, BioRxiv, CNKI, CSTJ, and Wanfang up to October 25, 2020, for studies that reported VSTs of SARS-CoV-2. Pooled estimates and 95% CIs…
Impact of Coinfection With Sars-CoV-2 and Influenza on Disease Severity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: Although coinfection with influenza in COVID-19 patients has drawn considerable attention, it is still not completely understood whether simultaneously infected with these two viruses influences disease severity. We therefore aimed to estimate the impact of coinfected with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza on the disease outcomes compared with the single infection of SARS-CoV-2. Materials and Methods: We searched the PubMed, Web of Science, Em…
A Study on the Relationship Between Reflective-impulsive Cognitive Styles and Oral Proficiency of EFL Learners
With the focus of language teaching from teachers to students, the personal factors of language learners have become the focus of research. In 1964, Kagan and his colleagues proposed a reflective-impulsive cognitive style(R-I), a pair of opposing cognitive style that can be measured by Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT). Kagan believes that in dealing with cognitive tasks, holding a slow but accurate style is a reflective cognitive style, and …
Associations between Temperature and Influenza Activity: A National Time Series Study in China
Previous studies have reported that temperature is the main meteorological factor associated with influenza activity. This study used generalized additive models (GAMs) to explore the relationship between temperature and influenza activity in China. From the national perspective, the average temperature (AT) had an approximately negative linear correlation with the incidence of influenza, as well as a positive rate of influenza H1N1 virus (A/H1N1…
A Cross-Country Comparison of Fiscal Policy Responses to the Covid-19 Global Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a variety of responses from governments around the world. This research investigates national governments' fiscal policies that have been introduced to manage the COVID-19 pandemic within economic, political, and institutional contexts. It demonstrates similarities and heterogeneity in the three dimensions of fiscal policy responses to COVID-19 (the size of fiscal spending, the types and targets of fiscal policy…
Do transparency mechanisms reduce government corruption? A meta-analysis
This article presents a meta-analysis of empirical studies to examine the role of transparency mechanisms for curbing corruption. The analysis reveals that transparency has an overall significant, though small, effect size in reducing corruption. Transparency is more effective for reducing subjective than objective corruption measures. While legal transparency mechanisms with freedom of information laws are important, fiscal transparency and e-tr…
Innovative Infrastructure Finance: A Guide for State and Local Governments
Global Burden and Trends of Norovirus-Associated Diseases From 1990 to 2019: An Observational Trend Study
Introduction: As an important pathogen causing diarrheal diseases, the burden and change in the death rate of norovirus-associated diseases (NADs) globally are still unknown. Methods: Based on global disease burden data from 1990 to 2019, we analyzed the age-standardized death rate (ASDR) of NADs by age, region, country, and Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) level. The discrete Poisson model was applied in the analysis of NADs' spatiotemporal aggrega…
Global disease burden and trends of leukemia attributable to occupational risk from 1990 to 2019: An observational trend study
Background: Leukemia caused by occupational risk is a problem that needs more attention and remains to be solved urgently, especially for acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL). However, there is a paucity of literature on this issue. We aimed to assess the global burden and trends of leukemia attributable to occupational risk from 1990 to 2019. Methods: This observational trend study was …
An empirical analysis of capital assets condition ratio in local governments: The case of Florida counties
Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to examine the political, economic and institutional determinants of capital assets condition ratio in American local governments using government-wide financial statements. Design/methodology/approach Based on capital assets data from the period of 2011–2016 for the 66 Florida counties as reported on their government-wide financial statements, the authors use a panel two-way fixed effects estimation and …
Impacts of national park tourism sites: A perceptual analysis from residents of three spatial levels of local communities in Banff national park
What Drives States to Raise Gas Tax Rates? An Empirical Analysis
Gas taxes represent one of the most important revenue sources for state transportation funding. This study draws upon the theory of policy innovation and diffusion and examines the drivers of legislative decisions to directly increase state gas tax rates among 50 states from 2010 to 2018. Using a discrete event history analysis, this study finds that states raise gas tax rates in response to the growing funding needs of maintaining and improving …
Innovative Infrastructure Finance: A Guide for State and Local Governments
Budgetary changes and organizational performance: Evidence from state transportation agencies
Existing punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) literature identifies the causes of policy punctuations. However, there are a lack of theoretical and empirical studies on the effects of policy punctuations on organizational performance. This study extends PET from policy formulation to policy outcomes and explores how public agencies transfer budgetary inputs to organizational performance outcomes in the policy context of American state highway tran…
Business (16 works) · Economics (14 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (11 works) · Geography (9 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Finance (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Public economics (8 works)