Research
Research
Chinese Energy Infrastructure and Political Alignment in Climate Governance
This paper explores how foreign-supplied energy infrastructure shapes geopolitical relationships, revealing that Chinese-financed hydropower modestly increases a recipient country's rhetorical alignment with China at the UN.Impacts of the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Mechanism on Domestic Environmental Policy
An analysis of global environmental legislation showing that international trade dispute mechanisms deter national governments from passing necessary climate and environmental regulations.
Peoples, C. D., Both, S., & Chim, C. Z. (2024). Legislative Decision-Making. In M. K. Miller, L. A. Yelderman, M. T. Huss, & J. A. Cantone (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Legal Decision-Making (pp. 599–616). Chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Uz D, Chim C. Intermittency in Wind Energy and Emissions from the Electricity Sector: Evidence from 13 Years of Data. Sustainability. 2022; 14(4):2242. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042242
*This project was funded by the Nevada Undergraduate Research Award, Spring 2021 and Summer 2021
Qiu S, Liu Y, Friedman S, Hartzell S, Larson M, Chim C. The Impact of a Nevada Opioid Prescribing Law on Patients’ Opioid Dose Level Changes: A Survival Analysis Study. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting 2022
*This project is funded by the NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15)
Hartzell S, Larson M, Chim C, Qiu S, Wagner K, Friedman S. Beyond Opioid Prescribing: Opioid Harm Mitigation Practice Changes Associated with Nevada’s Opioid Prescribing Law. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting 2022
*This project is funded by the NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15)