Identity & Expertise

Substantively, my research bridges public management and public policy, often through the lens of public budgeting and finance. I am particularly interested in how policy failure, public law, performance measurement systems, and bureaucratic discretion broadly effects public service delivery and advances to social equity. Methodologically, I leverage robust causal inference approaches in qualitative and quantitative methods, including the use of experimental and quasi-experimental designs.Please find my peer-reviewed work (with full-text accessibility) and ongoing projects below. Community engagement, policy evaluations, and presentations / invited talks & seminars can be found in my CV

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Emily Boykin, Ryan J. Lofaro, Clifford McCue, and Eric Prier. (2024). “Advancing the practice of public procurement performance measurement: a framework for conceptualizing efficiency and effectiveness”. Public Money & Management. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2361832

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Lofaro, Ryan J., Emily A. Boykin, Clifford P. McCue, and Eric Prier. (2023). Year-End Spending Spikes and Single Bid Procedures: An Analysis of Public Procurement in the European Economic Area. Public Finance and Management. 21(2): 135 – 166. https://doi.org/10.37808/pfm.21.2.3

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Boykin, Emily. A. (2022). Public Procurement and European Union Integration: a Systematic Review. Journal of European Integration. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2022.2112035

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McCue, Clifford, Boykin, Emily. A., and Prier, Eric. (2021). Competitive Public Procurement during COVID-19: The Unique Political and Policy Experience of the United States. European Journal of Public Procurement Markets. 1(3): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.54611/ZXYA4384

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Prier, Eric, McCue, Clifford, & Boykin, Emily. A. (2021). Assessing European Union standardization: a descriptive analysis of voluntary ex-ante transparency notices. Journal of Public Procurement 21(1): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-12-2019-0086

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Current Agenda

Papers Under Review

Elizabeth Bell, Daniel L. Fay, Jaeyeong Nam, and Emily Boykin. “How do Street-level Bureaucrats Prioritize Cases of Gender-Based Violence? The Role of Complexity and Ambiguity”. Paper submitted August 2024.

Emily Boykin and Elizabeth Bell. “Under What Conditions Do Organizations Invest in Workforce Diversity? The Role of Client Diversity and Financial Resources”. Paper submitted May 2024.

Tatraí, Tunde, Eric Prier, Emily Boykin, and Clifford McCue. “Comparing Proactive Publicity of European Defence and Nondefence Contract Opportunities: A Transparency Assessment of Public Procurement Data”. Paper submitted March 2024.

Working Papers

"Budget Stabilization Funds & Fiscal Federalism"

“Policy Nudges & Performance Measurement: The Case of European Cross-Border Government Contracting” – with Clifford McCue and Eric Prier.

“How Sector Moderates Principal-Agent Dynamics: The Effects of State Sexual Misconduct Policies in Higher Education” – with Jaeyeong Nam, Daniel L. Fay, and Elizabeth Bell.

“To Bid or Not to Bid: Administrative Costs to Bid on Government Contracts” – with Clifford McCue, Christopher Atkinson, and Eric Prier.

“Social Value in Local Government Budgeting” – with *David P. Goldman (PhD student) and Clifford McCue.

“GFOA Best Practices: Transparency in Innovative Budget Forms” – with *David P. Goldman (PhD student) and Clifford McCue.

“Citizen-Agents or State-Agents? How Street-level Bureaucrats’ Cope with Conflicts Between Organizational Reputation and Client Outcomes” – with Jaeyeong Nam, Elizabeth Bell, and Daniel L. Fay.

“Diversity Management and Artificial Intelligence: Promoting Vendor Competition and Inclusion of Underrepresented Vendors in Public Procurement” – with Jaeyeong Nam.

“Relationship Between Tuition-Free Policies and Enrollment and Revenue during Economic Shocks” – with Elizabeth Bell.

“Managing Fiscal Shocks Through Budget Stabilization Funds & Fiscal Federalism”.

“Defense Procurement in the Emergency Management: the Case of European Tenders” – with Ryan J. Lofaro.

“Closing the Gap in Women Vendors and Federal Contracting” – with Jean-Claude Ndongo and Ryan Lofaro.