Weiyi Shi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4380431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Weiyi Shi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Weiyi |
| FAMILY NAME | Shi |
| SIGNATURE | SHI W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4430-145X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Project diplomacy: Do development project characteristics shape perceptions of China and its efforts in Africa
China has significantly increased its presence across Africa over the past decades. This engagement is commonly considered to build soft power through ‘project diplomacy’, i.e. influencing public perceptions through infrastructure construction. We evaluate whether the attributes of a project shape public opinion. We hypothesise that a project that employs local labour and management, has minimal costly impacts, and secures positive endorsements b…
The Effect of Interpersonal Interaction on the Expression of Anti-Foreign Sentiment: Evidence from a Parallel Survey in the United States and China
What drives anti-foreign sentiment among the public? Existing scholarship focuses on foreign policy events or elite manipulation as primary sources of such sentiment. We contribute to the existing studies by exploring the effect of interpersonal interaction on the expression of anti-foreign sentiment. In a parallel survey conducted simultaneously in the United States and China, we ask respondents in the control group to report how favorably they …
Yes-Man” Firms: Government Campaign and Policy Positioning of Businesses in China
We demonstrate material origin of strategic preference expression in authoritarian systems, where firms express dissent against or conform to the government's position based on what they seek to obtain from the government: politically powerful firms are more likely to dissent to negotiate policy concessions while politically weak firms are more likely to conform to the government's position to obtain side payments or to avoid punishment. We test …
A Reputation Deficit? The Myths and Reality of Chinese Investment in Zambia
What drives public discontent about Chinese investment on the ground? This study probes the “ground truth” of public reaction in Zambia by documenting both the public perception and the actual impacts of Chinese investments. We find a “reputation deficit” for Chinese investment: Zambians are significantly less likely to support Chinese investment than investment from other countries. Combining results from an original household survey, interview …
Chinese Capital Goes Global: The Belt and Road Initiative and Beyond
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and China's state-led model for economic globalization more generally, have attracted controversy: Are state-led overseas investment and lending driven by strategic motives or market rationale? How have the recipient economies reacted to the influx of Chinese capital? This special issue sheds light on these questions by first outlining the fragmented state system driving the BRI, a system featuring both Beijing…
Greasing the Wheels of Commerce? Corruption and Foreign Investment
There are considerable scholarly debates regarding the real consequences of corruption. Recent studies have argued that predictable corruption, in which bribers are guaranteed the delivery of government services, is less distortional and more efficiency-enhancing than arbitrary corruption in which officials engage in simple plunder. Yet the empirical evidence is mixed. By leveraging a vignette experiment embedded in an original firm survey in Chi…
The face of internet recruitment: Evaluating the labor markets of online crowdsourcing platforms in China
Zhubajie/Witmart and other online crowdsourcing platforms have proliferated in China, and researchers have increasingly used them for subject recruitment. One critical question remains, however: what is the generalizability of the findings based on these online samples? In this study, we benchmark the demography of an online sample from Zhubajie to nationally representative samples and replicate commonly asked attitudinal questions in national su…
The face of internet recruitment: Evaluating the labor markets of online crowdsourcing platforms in China
Zhubajie/Witmart and other online crowdsourcing platforms have proliferated in China, and researchers have increasingly used them for subject recruitment. One critical question remains, however: what is the generalizability of the findings based on these online samples? In this study, we benchmark the demography of an online sample from Zhubajie to nationally representative samples and replicate commonly asked attitudinal questions in national su…
Greasing the Wheels of Commerce? Corruption and Foreign Investment
There are considerable scholarly debates regarding the real consequences of corruption. Recent studies have argued that predictable corruption, in which bribers are guaranteed the delivery of government services, is less distortional and more efficiency-enhancing than arbitrary corruption in which officials engage in simple plunder. Yet the empirical evidence is mixed. By leveraging a vignette experiment embedded in an original firm survey in Chi…
Chinese Capital Goes Global: The Belt and Road Initiative and Beyond
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and China's state-led model for economic globalization more generally, have attracted controversy: Are state-led overseas investment and lending driven by strategic motives or market rationale? How have the recipient economies reacted to the influx of Chinese capital? This special issue sheds light on these questions by first outlining the fragmented state system driving the BRI, a system featuring both Beijing…
A Reputation Deficit? The Myths and Reality of Chinese Investment in Zambia
What drives public discontent about Chinese investment on the ground? This study probes the “ground truth” of public reaction in Zambia by documenting both the public perception and the actual impacts of Chinese investments. We find a “reputation deficit” for Chinese investment: Zambians are significantly less likely to support Chinese investment than investment from other countries. Combining results from an original household survey, interview …
Yes-Man” Firms: Government Campaign and Policy Positioning of Businesses in China
We demonstrate material origin of strategic preference expression in authoritarian systems, where firms express dissent against or conform to the government's position based on what they seek to obtain from the government: politically powerful firms are more likely to dissent to negotiate policy concessions while politically weak firms are more likely to conform to the government's position to obtain side payments or to avoid punishment. We test …
The face of internet recruitment: Evaluating the labor markets of online crowdsourcing platforms in China
Zhubajie/Witmart and other online crowdsourcing platforms have proliferated in China, and researchers have increasingly used them for subject recruitment. One critical question remains, however: what is the generalizability of the findings based on these online samples? In this study, we benchmark the demography of an online sample from Zhubajie to nationally representative samples and replicate commonly asked attitudinal questions in national su…
Greasing the Wheels of Commerce? Corruption and Foreign Investment
There are considerable scholarly debates regarding the real consequences of corruption. Recent studies have argued that predictable corruption, in which bribers are guaranteed the delivery of government services, is less distortional and more efficiency-enhancing than arbitrary corruption in which officials engage in simple plunder. Yet the empirical evidence is mixed. By leveraging a vignette experiment embedded in an original firm survey in Chi…
A Reputation Deficit? The Myths and Reality of Chinese Investment in Zambia
What drives public discontent about Chinese investment on the ground? This study probes the “ground truth” of public reaction in Zambia by documenting both the public perception and the actual impacts of Chinese investments. We find a “reputation deficit” for Chinese investment: Zambians are significantly less likely to support Chinese investment than investment from other countries. Combining results from an original household survey, interview …
Chinese Capital Goes Global: The Belt and Road Initiative and Beyond
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and China's state-led model for economic globalization more generally, have attracted controversy: Are state-led overseas investment and lending driven by strategic motives or market rationale? How have the recipient economies reacted to the influx of Chinese capital? This special issue sheds light on these questions by first outlining the fragmented state system driving the BRI, a system featuring both Beijing…
Yes-Man” Firms: Government Campaign and Policy Positioning of Businesses in China
We demonstrate material origin of strategic preference expression in authoritarian systems, where firms express dissent against or conform to the government's position based on what they seek to obtain from the government: politically powerful firms are more likely to dissent to negotiate policy concessions while politically weak firms are more likely to conform to the government's position to obtain side payments or to avoid punishment. We test …
The Effect of Interpersonal Interaction on the Expression of Anti-Foreign Sentiment: Evidence from a Parallel Survey in the United States and China
What drives anti-foreign sentiment among the public? Existing scholarship focuses on foreign policy events or elite manipulation as primary sources of such sentiment. We contribute to the existing studies by exploring the effect of interpersonal interaction on the expression of anti-foreign sentiment. In a parallel survey conducted simultaneously in the United States and China, we ask respondents in the control group to report how favorably they …
Project diplomacy: Do development project characteristics shape perceptions of China and its efforts in Africa
China has significantly increased its presence across Africa over the past decades. This engagement is commonly considered to build soft power through ‘project diplomacy’, i.e. influencing public perceptions through infrastructure construction. We evaluate whether the attributes of a project shape public opinion. We hypothesise that a project that employs local labour and management, has minimal costly impacts, and secures positive endorsements b…
China (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Investment (military (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)