Top-cited article in Governance by Dr. XIAO and his co-authors
Dr Xiao Hanyu co-authored the article “Government information disclosure and citizen coproduction during COVID-19 in China” with two other scholars from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. The paper, which was first published in September 2021, is one of the top 10 most-cited papers published in Governance, a highly regarded journal in both political science and public administration and published by the UK-based Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, for the years 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively.
The article by Dr Xiao and his team engages with the issue of information campaign and investigates the impact of information disclosure on influencing citizen cooperation crucial for emergency management in the context of COVID-19 pandemic in China. It finds that information disclosure significantly enhanced citizen coproduction during emergencies and earlier disclosure of public health information yielded greater and quicker effect. This article has important and straightforward policy implications: Government should disclose information to boost citizen coproduction during crises.
