Research

My research spans comparative politics, political economy of development, and international relations. I study public opinion, foreign aid and public diplomacy, and political behavior in Africa and East Asia. My work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, Political Behavior, Public Opinion Quarterly, World Development, and other journals.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Han, Baran, Benjamin Ho, Inbok Rhee, and Chrysostomos Tabakis. 2026. “Fear and Favoritism in the Time of COVID-19.” Political Behavior (Online First). doi.org/10.1007/s11109-025-10114-7

  • Inbok Rhee. 2025. “Large Language Models (LLMs) in Political Science Research: Analysis of Topical Trends and Usage Patterns.” Korean Journal of International Relations 65(3): 257–328. doi.org/10.14731/kjir.2025.09.65.3.257 (in Korean)

  • Chen, Chung-An, Don-Yun Chen, Yang-Chung Chen, Kee Hoon Chung, Pan Suk Kim, Geunjoo Lee, Cheol Liu, James L. Perry, and Inbok Rhee. 2025. “Are Competitive Public Service Exams Counter-Productive? A Survey Experiment From Two East Asian States.” Public Administration (Online First). doi.org/10.1111/padm.70009

  • Yang, Joonseok, Sung Eun Kim, Jong Hee Park, and Inbok Rhee. 2025. “Racial Hate Crimes and US Reputation in Asia.” British Journal of Political Science 55: 1–13. doi.org/10.1017/S0007123424001030

  • Rhee, Inbok, Sung Eun Kim, Jong Hee Park, and Joonseok Yang. 2025. “Citizen Responses to Donor-Centeredness in the US-China Public Diplomacy Competition.” International Interactions (Online First). doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2456738

  • Kim, Sung Eun, Jong Hee Park, Inbok Rhee, and Joonseok Yang. 2025. “What Do Aid Recipients Want? Public Attitudes Toward Foreign Aid in Developing Countries.” World Development 186: 106815. doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106815

  • Lee, Don S., Kee Hoon Chung, and Inbok Rhee. 2024. “Who Becomes a Civil Servant? Evidence from a Decade of Youth Panel Analysis.” Public Management Review 26(8): 2148–2171. doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2024.2327616

  • Adida, Claire L., Adeline Y. Lo, Inbok Rhee, and Sam Williams. 2024. “Do Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Requirements Change Student Political Attitudes?” Politics, Groups & Identities 12(4): 958–967. doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2023.2227437

  • Chung, Kee Hoon, Inbok Rhee, and Cheol Liu. 2024. “A Systematic Review of Experimental Approaches on Public Service Motivation.” Public Performance & Management Review 47(3): 627–653. doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2023.2269386

  • Kuk, John S., Don S. Lee, and Inbok Rhee. 2024. “Exposure to Election Fraud Research Undermines Confidence in Democracy.” Public Opinion Quarterly 88(SI): 656–680. doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfae028

  • Kim, Sung Eun, Jong Hee Park, Inbok Rhee, and Joonseok Yang. 2023. “Target, Information, and Trade Preferences: Evidence from Survey Experiment in East Asia.” American Journal of Political Science 67(4): 898–914. doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12783

  • Cho, Man, Seongwuk Moon, Inbok Rhee, and Sungyoon Choi. 2023. “Data Economy in Korea: Cases of Finance, Real Estate, and Medical Care Sectors.” Journal of Technology Innovation 31(1): 65–103. doi.org/10.14386/SIME.2023.31.1.65 (in Korean)

  • Porten, John, Inbok Rhee, and Clark Gibson. 2022. “Ethnicity Is Not Public Service Destiny: The Political Logic of Service Distribution in South Africa.” World Development 159: 105962. doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105962

  • Chung, Eunbin, and Inbok Rhee. 2022. “Disasters and Intergroup Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Journal of Peace Research 59(1): 58–72. doi.org/10.1177/0022343321106524

  • Rhee, Inbok. 2021. “Economic Perception to Political Performance Evaluation: Establishing Precursors to Economic Voting in Africa.” Political Research Quarterly 74(1): 131–147. doi.org/10.1177/1065912919888017

Book Chapters

  • Rhee, Inbok, Stephan Haggard, Robert R. Kaufman, Terence K. Teo, and Giovanni Angioni. 2021. “Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World Appendix.” In Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman, Backsliding. Cambridge University Press. cambridge.org

Book

  • Kim, Sung Eun, Jong Hee Park, Joonseok Yang, and Inbok Rhee. 2021. Informing Korea’s Soft Power Strategy: Evidence from Survey Experiments on Public Perceptions of Public Diplomacy and Foreign Aid. Cooperative Research Series 21-09-01, National Research Council for Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Korea. (in Korean) nrc.re.kr