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, Clifford McCue, and David Goldman. (2026). “Rethinking Budgeting? An Analysis of Budget Theory and Reform for Modernizing Municipal Practice”. Public Administration Review.
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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