Xu, Xiaoyang, and Kenneth J. Meier. 2022. “Separating Symbolic and Active Representation: A Mixed Methods Study of Gender and Education in China.” Public Management Review, March 24, 2021, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2021.1900352.

Flink, Carla, Rebecca J. Walter, and Xiaoyang Xu. 2021. “Policy Diffusion in a Redistributive Policy: Affordable Housing and State Housing Trust Funds.” State and Local Government Review, Vol 53, Issue 3, 187–209. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X211049420.

Meier, Kenneth J., Anita Dhillon, and Xiaoyang Xu. 2022. “What Sector Do Consumers Prefer for the Delivery of “Public” Services? : A Comparative Analysis of the US and China.” Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs. 8(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.20899/jpna.8.1.1–22

Meier, Kenneth J., and Xiaoyang Xu. Forthcoming. “Critical Thoughts About Critical Mass in Representative Bureaucracy: A Theoretical Exploration and Empirical Illustration.” Governance, June 27, 2022, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12711 

Xu, Xiaoyang and Carla Flink. Forthcoming. “Environmental Turbulence, Representative Bureaucracy, and Organizational Performance.”  American Review of Public Administration, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740221123106

Flink, Carla and Xiaoyang Xu. Forthcoming. "Cutback management strategies and citizen evaluation of government." Public Administration, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12947

Meier, Kenneth J., Jourdan Davis, and Xiaoyang Xu.  2023. “ Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity Tradeoffs in Public Programs: A Citizen Experiment.” Public Administration Review  1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13690

Flink, Carla and Xiaoyang Xu. 2024. “Cutback Management: Context, Strategy, and Evaluation of Government.” with Carla Flink. Public Budgeting and Finance 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbaf.12371