代表性研究成果包括：
1. Wei, Wenchi. 2025. Political accountability and social equity in public budgeting: Examining the role of local institutions. Public Administration Review 85(5): 1528-1545.
2. Wei, Wenchi. 2022. Municipal structure matters: Evidence from government fiscal performance. Public Administration Review 82(1): 160-173.
3. Wei, Wenchi, Zhiwei Zhang, and Kaifeng Yang. 2022. Local institutions and public service outsourcing: Managerial professionalism, mayoral strength, and electoral rules. Public Administration Review 82(6): 1095-1123.
4. Wei, Wenchi, and J.S. Butler. 2021. State Fiscal Constraints and Local Responses: Evidence from the Property Tax Limit Overrides in Massachusetts. Public Administration Review 81(3): 399-413.
5. Wei, Wenchi. 2022. Fiscal slack, rule constraints, and government corruption. Public Administration Review 82(5): 850-865.
6. Wei, Wenchi, Chengwei Wang, Wenkang Zhai, and Wenzhao Li. 2023. “Honor List” and “Shame Roll”: Quasi-Experimental Evidence of the Effect of Performance Feedback under Political Control. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 33(1): 122-138.
7. Wei, Wenchi, Nicolai Petrovsky, and Xing Ni. 2024. Citizen blame attributions for government fiscal crises: Experimental evidence from China. Governance 37(4): 1299-1320.
8. Wei, Wenchi, Wen Xu, and Wenzhao Li. 2024. Patronage, tournament, and political reward: Evidence from the model county party secretary in China. Governance 37(3): 969-991.
9. Wei, Wenchi, and Xin Chen. 2024. Service Outsourcing and Government Fiscal Conditions: Do Market Competition, Bureaucrat Support, and Management Capacity Matter?. American Review of Public Administration 54(6): 568-589.
10. Wei, Wenchi, J.S. Butler, and Edward T. Jennings. 2019. The Determinants of Municipal Structures on a Political-Administrative Dimension. American Review of Public Administration 49(2): 189-202.
11. Wei, Wenchi. 2021. Exploring Local Government Fiscal Slack from a Political-Budgetary-Managerial Framework. Public Management Review 23(10): 1504-1526.
12. Wei, Wenchi. 2021. State fiscal constraint and local overrides: a regression discontinuity design estimation of the fiscal effects. Public Choice 189(3): 347-373.
代表性科研项目包括：
· 国家自然科学基金委员会, 青年科学基金项目（B类）[原国家优青]，政府预算与财政管理，主持，2026-至今
· 国家自然科学基金委员会, 青年科学基金项目, 中国地方政府预算波动的影响因素研究：基于政治预算周期、预算制度和官员特征的视角, 主持，2022-2024
· 北京市社科联、北京市社科规划办, 面上项目, 主持，2021-2024
· 清华大学, 自主科研计划文科专项项目, 主持，2024-至今
