| Getting ahead in the communist party: explaining the advancement of central committee members in China V Shih, C Adolph, M Liu American political science review 106 (1), 166-187, 2012 | 844 | 2012 |
| Factions and finance in China: Elite conflict and inflation VC Shih Cambridge University Press, 2008 | 514 | 2008 |
| Comparing the performance of Chinese banks: a principal component approach S Victor, Q Zhang, LIU Mingxing China economic review 18 (1), 15-34, 2007 | 158 | 2007 |
| Factions matter: personal networks and the distribution of bank loans in China V Shih* Journal of Contemporary China 13 (38), 3-19, 2004 | 135 | 2004 |
| Interest group influence in authoritarian states: The political determinants of Chinese exchange rate policy DA Steinberg, VC Shih Comparative Political Studies 45 (11), 1405-1434, 2012 | 133 | 2012 |
| Dealing with non-performing loans: Political constraints and financial policies in China V Shih The China Quarterly 180, 922-944, 2004 | 125 | 2004 |
| “Nauseating” displays of loyalty: Monitoring the factional bargain through ideological campaigns in China V Chung-Hon Shih The Journal of Politics 70 (4), 1177-1192, 2008 | 118 | 2008 |
| Tools of survival: Sovereign wealth funds in Singapore and China V Shih Geopolitics 14 (2), 328-344, 2009 | 93 | 2009 |
| Partial reform equilibrium, Chinese style: Political incentives and reform stagnation in Chinese financial policies V Shih Comparative Political Studies 40 (10), 1238-1262, 2007 | 78 | 2007 |
| Partial reform equilibrium, Chinese style: Political incentives and reform stagnation in Chinese financial policies V Shih Comparative Political Studies 40 (10), 1238-1262, 2007 | 78 | 2007 |
| Development, the second time around: the political logic of developing western China V Shih Journal of East Asian Studies 4 (3), 427-451, 2004 | 67 | 2004 |
| Gauging the elite political equilibrium in the CCP: a quantitative approach using biographical data V Shih, W Shan, M Liu The China Quarterly 201, 79-103, 2010 | 64 | 2010 |
| Local Government Debt Big Rock-candy Mountain V Shih China Economic Quarterly 14 (2), 26-32, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| Research in authoritarian regimes: Transparency tradeoffs and solutions V Shih Qualitative & Multi-Method Research 13 (1), 20-22, 2015 | 47 | 2015 |
| Factions of different stripes: gauging the recruitment logics of factions in the reform period D Meyer, VC Shih, J Lee Journal of East Asian Studies 16 (1), 43-60, 2016 | 41 | 2016 |
| Who receives subsidies? A look at the county level in two time periods V Shih, Z Qi Paying for progress in China, 157-177, 2007 | 39 | 2007 |
| Transparency in qualitative and multi-method research: A symposium T Buthe, AM Jacobs, E Bleich, R Pekkanen, M Trachtenberg, K Cramer, ... | 31 | 2015 |
| The Central Committee past and present: a method of quantifying elite biographies V Shih, W Shan, M Liu, M Gallagher, M Manion, A Carlson Contemporary Chinese Politics New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies, 2010 | 31 | 2010 |
| “Goldilocks” Liberalization: The Uneven Path Toward Interest Rate Reform in China V Shih Journal of east asian studies 11 (3), 437-465, 2011 | 25 | 2011 |
| When the autocrat gives: Determinants of fiscal transfers in China V Shih, LQ Zhang, M Liu Department of Political Science, Northwestern University Working paper, 2010 | 24 | 2010 |
