代表性研究成果包括：

· Wei, Wenchi. 2022. Municipal structure matters: Evidence from government fiscal performance. Public Administration Review 82(1): 160-173.

· 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.

· 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.

· Wei, Wenchi. 2022. Fiscal slack, rule constraints, and government corruption. Public Administration Review 82(5): 850-865.

· 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.

· Wei, Wenchi, Nicolai Preovsky, and Xing Ni. 2023. Citizen Blame Attributions for Government Fiscal Crises: Experimental Evidence from China. Governance. First online. doi.org/10.1111/gove.12849

· Wei, Wenchi, Wen Xu, and Wenzhao Li. 2023. Patronage, Tournament, and Political Reward: Evidence from the Model County Party Secretary in China. Governance. First online. doi.org/10.1111/gove.12817

· 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. First online.

· 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.

· Wei, Wenchi. 2021. Exploring Local Government Fiscal Slack from a Political-Budgetary-Managerial Framework. Public Management Review 23(10): 1504-1526.

· Wei, Wenchi. 2021. State fiscal constraint and local overrides: a regression discontinuity design estimation of the fiscal effects. Public Choice 189(3): 347-373.

代表性研究项目包括：

· 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。

· 北京市社科联、北京市社科规划办, 一般项目, 《北京市街道办事处条例》实施中“吹哨报到”工作机制及效果研究, 主持。

· 中国人民大学，面上项目，北京“接诉即办”的绩效反馈与绩效提升研究，主持。

· 国家自然科学基金委员会, 面上项目, 契约理论视角下中国地方政府债务管控对地方财政行为的影响研究, 参与。

· 全国哲学社会科学工作办公室, 重大项目, 中国特色政策试验与政府间学习机制研究, 参与。

· 教育部社会科学司，重大课题，构建高质量社会领域公共服务体系研究，参与。