Research Projects
 
Research Grants Council Early Career Scheme, Government-sponsored Voluntary Environmental Programs and Firm Exits: A Longitudinal and Comparative Study, 2019-2022, PI, HKD 513,195.

City University of Hong Kong Start-up grant for new faculty, PI, 2017-2019, HKD 191,771.

Research Grants Council General Research Fund (Hong Kong), Campaign-Style Enforcement and Environmental Compliance in China: A Comparative and Longitudinal Study, 2015-2017, Co-I, HKD722,850.

Research Grants Council General Research Fund (Hong Kong), A Longitudinal and Comparative Study of Corporate Compliance with Environmental Regulations in China, 2013-2015, Co-I, HKD773,700.

Selected Journal Articles
 
Liu, N. “Institutional Intermediaries and Firm Choices in Response to Regulations”. In Press, Academy of Management Journal.

Lo, C.W.H., Liu, N., Pang, X., and Li, P.  “Unpacking the Complexity of Environmental Regulatory Governance in a Globalizing World: A Critical Review for Research Agenda Setting”. Forthcoming, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.

Liu, N., Zhan, X., & Lo, C.W.H. 2019. Regulatory Ties and Corporate Compliance Strategies. Public Performance & Management Review, 42(3): 580-605.

Liu, N., van Rooij, Benjamin, & Lo, C.W.H. 2018. Inspection and Sanction Styles: Lessons about Enforcement Styles from Pollution Regulation in China. Public Administration, 96: 497-512.

Liu, N., Tang, S.Y., Zhan, X., & Lo, C.W.H. 2018. Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Implementation of Government-sponsored Voluntary Environmental Programs. Journal of Environmental Management, 219: 350-360.

Liu, N., Tang, S.Y., Zhan. X., & Lo, C.W.H. 2018. “Political Commitment, Policy Ambiguity, and Corporate Environmental Practices”. Policy Studies Journal, 46(1): 190-214. 

Lo, C.W.H., Liu, N., Li, H.Y., & Wang, W. 2016. “Controlling industrial pollution in urban China: Towards a more effective institutional milieu in the Guangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau?” China Information, 30(2): 232-258.

Liu, N., Tang, S.Y., Lo, C.W.H., & Zhan. X. 2016. Stakeholder Demands and Corporate Environmental Coping Strategies in China. Journal of Environmental Management, 165 (1): 140-149.

Liu, N., Lo, C.W.H., Zhan, X. & Wang, W. 2015. Campaign-Style Enforcement and Regulatory Compliance. Public Administration Review, 75 (1): 85-95.

• Included in PAR classic symposium
• Included in Wiley’s Featured Articles & Collection on China (Political Reform)