Research Expertise
Research Expertise
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Substantively, my research bridges public management and public policy, often through the lens of public budgeting and finance. I am interested in how policy failure, regulatory processes, performance measurement systems, and bureaucratic discretion broadly shape public service delivery.Methodologically, I leverage robust causal inference approaches in qualitative and quantitative methods, including the use of experimental and quasi-experimental designs.Please find my peer-reviewed work (with full-text accessibility) below. Ongoing projects and working papers as well as editorials, community engagement, policy evaluations, and presentations / invited talks & seminars can be found in my CV
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Emily Boykin, Eric Prier, and Clifford McCue. (2026). “Nudging Across Borders? A Collaborative Governance Framework of European Cross-Border Public Procurement”. International Journal of Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2026.2702919
Emily Boykin, Clifford McCue, and David Goldman. (2026). “Rethinking Budgeting? An Analysis of Budget Theory and Reform for Modernizing Municipal Practice”. Public Administration Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70151
Tünde Tátrai, Clifford McCue, Eric Prier, and Emily Boykin. (2026). “Guest editorial: Advancing public procurement: an interdisciplinary perspective”. ICAPP 2024: Advancing Public Procurement. Journal of Public Procurement 26 (2): 133–135. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-07-2026-174
Elizabeth Bell, Daniel L. Fay, Jaeyeong Nam, and Emily Boykin. (2026). “Gendered Bureaucratic Discrimination: The Role of Case Severity, Complexity, and Ambiguity”. Public Performance & Management Review. 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2026.2660675
Emily Boykin, William Hatcher, Lance Hunter, Wesley Meares, and Martha Ginn. (2026). “AI, Monitoring, and the Public Workplace”. Administrative Theory & Praxis. 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2026.2643003
Ene Ikpebe, Emily Boykin, Alex Osei-Kojo, Bukola Otoise Peters. (2026) “An Advocacy Coalition Framework Analysis of Local Government Autonomy in Nigeria.” Policy Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-026-09608-w
Emily Boykin & Bell, Elizabeth. (2025). "Tuition-Free College Policies and Workforce Diversity: How Policy Incentives and Environmental Favorability Shape Representation". Public Administration Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70076
Tünde Tátrai, Emily Boykin, Clifford McCue, & Eric Prier. (2025). "INNOVATION AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ∙ Introduction to the Special Issue". European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, 1-20: 6-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21552/epppl/2025/1/4
Emily Boykin, Clifford McCue, Christopher L. Atkinson, & Eric Prier. (2025). "Understanding factors associated with the decision not to bid–empirical tests and strategies for improving public procurement." Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2361832
Emily Boykin, Ryan J. Lofaro, Clifford McCue, and Eric Prier. (2025). “Advancing the practice of public procurement performance measurement: a framework for conceptualizing efficiency and effectiveness”. Public Money & Management. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2361832
Ryan J. Lofaro, Emily A. Boykin, Clifford P. McCue, and Eric Prier. (2023). "Year-End Spending Spikes and Single Bid Procedures: An Analysis of Public Procurement in the European Economic Area". Public Finance and Management. 21(2): 135 – 166. https://doi.org/10.37808/pfm.21.2.3
Emily A. Boykin. (2023). "Public Procurement and European Union Integration: a Systematic Review". Journal of European Integration. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2022.2112035
Clifford McCue, Emily A. Boykin, and Eric Prier. (2021). "Competitive Public Procurement during COVID-19: The Unique Political and Policy Experience of the United States". European Journal of Public Procurement Markets. 1(3): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.54611/ZXYA4384
Eric Prier, Clifford McCue, & Emily A. Boykin. (2021). "Assessing European Union standardization: a descriptive analysis of voluntary ex-ante transparency notices". Journal of Public Procurement 21(1): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-12-2019-0086
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