Dr. Hye Young

Biography

Hye Young holds a joint appointment in the Department of Politics and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. His primary research focuses on the influence of interest groups on democratic representation in the United States. By examining the role of interest group lobbying in American politics, his research explores the specific mechanisms and strategies these groups employ to lobby, shedding light on their crucial, yet often understudied, role in policymaking. He studies how politicians are informed by interest groups and how this control over information affects the behavior of policymakers. In addition to his core research agenda on lobbying, he is interested in federalism and local political economy, particularly how local government finances impact the provision of local public goods and intergovernmental relations. His research has been published in esteemed outlets such as the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics. Professor You’s work has been recognized with five discipline-wide paper awards from the American Political Science Association.

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