Research

Research Interests

Digital governance and citizen-government interaction, bureaucratic responsiveness, government transparency

Updated from the August 2026 CV. * indicates corresponding author.

Refereed Journal Articles (in English)

Public Administration Review, 2026 · 86(2), 354–370

Institutional Pressures and Bureaucratic Responsiveness: Why Do Public Agencies Respond to Freedom of Information Requests?

Yang, Wenting*

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Public Management Review, 2026 · 1–25

Interagency Collaboration, Broker Organization, and Bureaucratic Responsiveness: How Public Agencies Fix Complex Citizen Requests on Digital Government Platforms?

Liu, Yao and Wenting Yang*

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Review of Policy Research, 2026 · 43(5): 1-14

Role Clarification and Organizational Performance in a Multi-Goal Context: Evidence from Water Quality Management in China

Yang, Wenting, Yupan Zhao, and Taiting Pan*

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Public Performance & Management Review, 2026 · 1–31

Carrots or Sticks: How Regulatory Instruments within Public Organizations Shape E-Government Performance?

Pan, Taiting, Li Wang, and Wenting Yang*

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International Public Management Journal, 2025 · 28(4), 561-579

How Agency Resources Matter to Government Reactive Transparency: Evidence from Freedom of Information Requests in China

Yang, Wenting* and Bo Fan

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Information Technology for Development, 2025 · 31(4): 1297-1317

The Impact of the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone on Digital Economy Development: Evidence from China

Zhao, Yupan*, Qiong Wu, Wenting Yang, Xiao Han, Lixiang Men, Ruoxuan Liu, Chunhua He, and Yuhui Guo

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Public Management Review, 2023 · 25(11): 2073-2092

Do Institutional Pressures Increase Reactive Transparency of Government? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Yang, Wenting, Chuanshen Qin, and Bo Fan*

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Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 · 227: 313-324

Spatial-Temporal Effect of Household Solid Waste on Illegal Dumping

Yang, Wenting, Bo Fan*, and Kevin C. Desouza

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Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 · 211: 442-454

A Comparison Study of ‘Motivation–Intention–Behavior’ Model on Household Solid Waste Sorting in China and Singapore

Fan, Bo*, Wenting Yang, and Xingchen Shen

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International Sociology, 2018 · 33(6): 738-760

Impact of Basic Public Service Level on Pro-Environmental Behavior in China

Fan, Bo, Wenting Yang, and Ting Han*

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Refereed Journal Articles (in Chinese)

杨文婷,刘遥. (2026). 打开回应黑箱:政府回应决策过程的内在机理及动态调整——基于A市信息公开申请的案例分析.上海行政学院学报,27(2), 109-122.
杨文婷. (2018). 以公益孵化推动社会成长——走进天津恩派及其支持项目“童心小米罗”.中国第三部门研究, 15(1), 160-171.
樊博,杨文婷,孙轩.(2017). 雾霾影响下的公众情绪与风险感知研究——以天津市微博用户为分析样本,东北大学学报(社会科学版), 19(5), 489-496. (中国社会科学文摘全文转载)
樊博,杨文婷,尹鹏程.(2017). 应急资源协同对联动信息系统构建的影响机理——基于IS成功模型的分析, 26(5), 801-808.
樊博,杨文婷.(2017). 基于PRS模型的大气污染防治政策评估研究——针对28个省的宏观数据, 3(1), 47-62.

Book Chapters

Report on the Development Capacity of Local Governments in China (2024). 2025. National School of Administration Press. Chapter 8.(in Chinese)
Report on the Development Capacity of Local Governments in China (2022–2023). 2024. National School of Administration Press. Chapter 8.(in Chinese)

Recent Conference Presentations

2026/05 — “How Government Informational Instruments Promote Citizen Coproduction in Digital Platforms? A Mixed Method Study Combining Content Analysis and Conjoint Experiment.” 2026 Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN) Annual Conference, Tianjin, May 30–31, 2026.
2025/10 — “Decoupling in Bureaucratic Responsiveness: How Public Agencies Use Response Strategies in Handling Freedom of Information Requests?” 2025 Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) Annual Conference, Beijing, October 17–19, 2025.
2025/08 — “Interagency Collaboration, Broker Organization, and Bureaucratic Responsiveness: How Public Agencies Fix Complex Citizen Requests on Digital Government Platforms?” The 12th China Development and Governance Workshop at Harvard University, hybrid format, August 21, 2025.

Selected Research Awards

2025 — Best Paper, Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) Annual Conference.
2023 — Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Public Administration, 3rd Xia Shuzhang Award