Jing Qian 钱璟

Welcome!

My name is Jing Qian, and I am currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at New York University, Shanghai. I am also affiliated with the Center for Global Asia and the NYU Sovereign Debt Network.

In 2023, I obtained my PhD in Politics at Princeton University, where I was affiliated with the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. My advisors were James Vreeland (Chair), Helen Milner, and Layna Mosley.

In 2023-2024, I was a Postgraduate Research Associate and Lecturer in the Politics Department at Princeton University. Before coming to Princeton, I received a B.A. in international politics and an M.A. in international public policy from Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

I explore the domestic and international politics of international taxation, with a focus on why — for decades — governments have been reluctant and unable to curb tax avoidance. More broadly, I study the politics of public finance, as well as transparency and replicability in quantitative research. My dissertation is supported by the Princeton University Multi-Center Graduate Student Dissertation Grant and Dean's Completion Fellowship.

Some of my work has been published in International Organization, Review of International Organizations, Review of International Political Economy and Public Administration.

You can find a copy of my CV here. (Last updated: November 2024)

Research Interests

Political economy of international taxation, multinational corporations, foreign direct investment, foreign aid, multilateral development banks, quantitative methods.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Current Projects

Treaty Shopping, Race to the Bottom, and Treaty Cascades
(PDF)

World Bank's Responses to the Founding of China's AIIB
(with James Raymond Vreeland and Jianzhi Zhao)

Green AI Potential Stranded by Geopolitical Misalignment
(with Yimin Chen, Yijing Wang, Xiaoping Liu, Ming Luo, Yutian Liang, Weilin Liao, Zhu Deng, and Kangning Huang)

Flexibility in International Institutional Design: The Case of the OECD MLI

Domestic Institution and Multinational Profit-Shifting

Enumerators as Treatment Versions: Enumerator-Induced Treatment Heterogeneity and its Consequences
(with Brandon de la Cuesta and Simon Hoellerbauer)