Min Su

Teaching Interests: public budgeting and finance, research methods,  and program evaluation

Research Interests: public budgeting, state and local revenues, municipal finance and financial management, political influence on fiscal/budgetary outcomes

Selected Journal Publications

Su, Min, and Christian Buerger. 2024. Playing Politics with Traffic Fines: Sheriff Elections and Political Cycles in Traffic Fines Revenue. American Journal of Political Science. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12866

Su, Min, Wenli Yan, and Nicholas Harvey. 2022. Pecking Order Theory and Church Debt Financing: Evidence from the United Methodist Church. Nonprofit Management & Leadership. 33(1): 179-201 http://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21509

Chen, Can, Min Su, and Ping Zhang. 2022. What Drives States to Raise Gas Tax Rates? An Empirical Analysis. Public Works Management & Policy. 27(3): 222-237 https://doi.org/10.1177/1087724X221092433

Su, Min. 2021. Discretion in Traffic Stops: The Influence of Budget Cuts on Traffic Citations. Public Administration Review. 81 (3): 446-458 https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13300

Su, Min. 2020. Taxation by Citation? Exploring Local Governments' Revenue Motive for Traffic Fines. Public Administration Review 80 (1): 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13125

Su, Min. 2020. Local Governments’ Responses to Revenue Changes: The Effects of Unreserved General Fund Balances. International Journal of Public Administration 43(11): 964-976. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2019.1663531

Su, Min. 2019. Understanding the Accumulation of Local Government Savings: A Dynamic Analysis. International Journal of Public Administration 42 (11): 893-903. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2018.1522506

Thomas, John C., Min Su, and Theodore Poister. 2018. How Do Legislators Assess Administrative Performance? Georgia’s Department of Transportation in the Eyes of the State’s Legislators. American Review of Public Administration 48 (8): 822-835. https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074017750152

Su, Min, and W. Bartley Hildreth. 2018. Does Financial Slack Reduce Short-term Borrowing? Public Budgeting & Finance 38 (1): 95-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbaf.12189

 

Book Chapters

Su, Min. 2023. The Growing Role of Nontax Revenue Sources in American Cities. In Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance edited by Craig L. Johnson, Tima T. Moldogaziev, and Justin M. Ross, Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN-13 : 9781800372955.

Thomas, John C., Theodore H. Poister, and Min Su. 2015. In the Eye of the Beholder: Learning from Stakeholder Assessments of Public Value. In Public Value and Public Administration, edited by John M. Bryson, Barbara Crosby, and Laura Bloomberg, 170-186. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN: 9781626162624.

Su, Min and Mingliang Zhu. 2010. Chapter 4. Consumption Tax and Chapter 6. Tariffs and Accounting Treatment of Export Tax Rebates. In Tax Accounting (Chinese edition). 21stCentury Higher Education Core Curriculum for Economics and Management Book Series, edited by Chang Cai and Rong Zheng. Beijing, China: Beijing Jiao Tong University Press. ISBN-10: 7811237598.

Reports

Su, Min, Can Chen, and Cathy Y. Liu. 2023. The Impact of Municipal Administrative Center Relocation on Urban Public Finance and Public Service Provision. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy working paper WP23MS1. https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/working-papers/fiscal-impact-municipal-administrative-center-relocation

Academic Conferences

Su, Min, and Whitney Afonso. “When Election Day Meets Game Day: College Football, Voter Turnout, and Budgetary Outcomes” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Chicago, IL. April 13 -16, 2023.

Chen Can, Min Su, and W. Bartley Hildreth. “The Causal Effect of Airport Governance Change on the Financial Performance of Airports” Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) Conference, Miami, FL. September 22-24, 2022.

Su, Min, Can Chen, and Cathy Y. Liu. “The Impact of Municipal Administrative Center Relocation on Urban Public Finance” Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) Conference, Miami, FL. September 22-24, 2022.

Su, Min and Christian Buerger. “The Election Effect on Traffic Fines Collection.” Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) Conference, Miami, FL. September 22-24, 2022.

Su, Min. “The Growing Role of Non-Tax Own-Source Revenue in American Cities.” Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) 33rd Conference, Washington D.C., September 30-October 2, 2021.

Su, Min and Nicholas Harvey. “Pecking Order Theory and Church Debt Financing.” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA) Conference (virtual). September 23-24, 2021.

Su, Min. “Discretion in Traffic Stops: The Influence of Budget Cuts on Traffic Law Enforcement.” American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) 82nd Conference (virtual). April 9-15, 2021.

Su, Min. “Is Timing Everything? Exploring Factors Associated with School Bond Referenda.” Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) 31st Conference. Washington D.C. September 26-28, 2019.

Su, Min. “Is Timing Everything? Exploring Factors Associated with School Bond Referenda.” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA) Conference. Baton Rouge, LA. September 4-7, 2019.

Su, Min. “Discretion at Traffic Stops: Exploring Local Governments’ Revenue Motive for Traffic Fines.” Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) 31st Conference. Washington D.C. September 26-28, 2019.

Su, Min. “Discretion at Traffic Stops: Exploring Local Governments’ Revenue Motive for Traffic Fines.” Western Social Science Association (WSSA) Conference, San Diego. CA. April 25-27, 2019.

Su, Min. “Taxation by Citation? Exploring the Revenue Incentive of Local Traffic Citation Revenues.” National Tax Association (NTA) 111th Conference. New Orleans, LA. November 15-17, 2018.

Su, Min. “Taxation by Citation? Exploring the Revenue Incentive of Local Traffic Fines.” Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) Conference. Denver, CO. October 4-6, 2018.

Su, Min. “Budgetary Slack, Transparency, and Municipal Securities Market: Evaluating the Relevance of Budget-to-Actual Variances Information in Municipal Securities Market.” Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Conference. Chicago, IL. November 2-4, 2017.

Su, Min and Nicholas Harvey. “An Exploration of Church Indebtedness in the United States.” Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) Conference. Washington D.C. September 28-30, 2017.

Su, Min and W. Bartley Hildreth. “Budgetary Slack, Transparency, and Municipal Securities Market.” Western Social Science Association (WSSA) Conference. San Francisco, CA. April 12-15, 2017.

Su, Min. “Does Nonprofit Organizations’ Savings Stabilize Their Spending?” Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Conference. Washington D.C. November 17-19, 2016.

Su, Min. “Does Financial Slack Stabilizes Municipal Expenditure?" Western Social Science Association (WSSA) Conference. Reno, NV. April 13-16, 2016.

Invited Presentations and Workshops

Su, Min. "The Growing Role of Nontax Revenues in American Cities and States." National Conference of State Legislatures’ Fiscal Analysts Seminar.New Orleans, LA. October 11, 2024.

Su, Min. "Public Finance in the United States." School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University. Hangzhou, China. June 17, 2024.

Su, Min. "From Learning Methods to Getting Published in Top Journals." CPSG-HUST Policy Research Methods Workshop, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. June 3, 2024.

Su, Min. Playing Politics with Traffic Fines: Sheriff Elections and Political Cycles in Traffic Fines Revenue. School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia. Athens, GA. October 29 – November 1, 2023.

Su, Min. Liman Colloquium 2023: Budgeting for Justice. Fiscal Policy and Monetary Sanctions Workshop. Yale Law School. New Haven, CT. April 19 – 22, 2023.

Su, Min and Christian Buerger. “The Political Cycles in Traffic Fines Revenue.” Next Generation of Public Finance Conference. Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA. May 18-20, 2022.

Su, Min. “Local Government Use of Fines and Fees.” Journal of Law Reform’s Symposium. University of Michigan (virtual). January 25-29, 2021.

Su, Min. “Exploring U.S. Local Governments’ Revenue Motive for Fines.” Public Finance and Budgeting Summer Workshop. Fudan University. Shanghai, China (virtual). July 15, 2020.

Su, Min. “Local Governments’ Fines and Forfeitures Revenue.” School of Public Policy Graduate Student Public Finance Research Seminar. Pennsylvania State University (virtual). December 5, 2019.

Su, Min. “Research on American Local Governments’ Finance.” School of Public Finance and Taxation, and School of Accounting Faculty Research Workshop. Central University of Finance and Economics. Beijing, China. May 16, 2019.

Su, Min. “Tax Revenue Volatility and Municipal Financial Slack Accumulation.” Applied Research in Public Finance Conference. Indiana University. Bloomington, IN. April 28-29, 2017.

Project: High Tide, Low Revenue: The Impacts of Rising Sea Levels on Local Governments' Fiscal Stress. (PI)

Sponsor: E. J. Ourso College of Business, LSU
Amount: $17,500
Funding period: January 1, 2024 - August, 2025

 

SEC Faculty Travel Grant- Presentation to University of Georgia, Athens

Sponsor: The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Travel Program
Amount: $1,100
Funding period: 2023-24 academic year

 

The Impact of Municipal Administrative Center Relocation on Urban Public Finance and Public Service Provision.

Su, Min (Principal Investigator), Can Chen (Co-PI), and Cathy Y. Liu (Co-PI)
Sponsor: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Amount: $35,000
Funding period: March 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023

Kathy and Roy O. Martin III Faculty Research Award, E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, 2024

Lincoln Institute China Program International Fellowship, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (2022-2023)

Kearny-Jolly E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration Endowed Professorship, Louisiana State University (2019 – present)

The Andrew Young School Dissertation Fellowship, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies & Coca-Cola Scholar Foundation (2015)

The Georgia Fiscal Management Council Graduate Scholarship, Georgia Fiscal Management Council (2014)

Janet Box-Steffensmeier Scholarship, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Society for Political Methodology (2014)

ASPA Founders’ Fellow, American Society for Public Administration (2014)

University Fellowship, Georgia State University (2014)

Second Century Initiative (2CI) Doctoral Fellowship, Georgia State University (2011-2014)

LSU Faculty Senate Member, LSU, (2024-current)

Academic Advisory Board Member, CivicPulse, (2024-current)

Faculty Judge, LSU Graduate Research Conference (2023)

Faculty Advisor, Public Administration Student Association, Dept of Public Administration, LSU (2021-present)

Award Committee Member, Michael Curro Student Paper Award Committee and Best Student’s Poster Selection Committee, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management Conference (ABFM) (2022, 2023)

Conference co-chair, American Society for Public Administration Louisiana Chapter (ASPA-LA) Conference (2022)

Award Committee Member, S. Kenneth Howard Award Committee, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) (2021)

Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Public Administration, Louisiana State University (2021-2022)

Guest Editor, Municipal Finance Journal special issues on “The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Big City Budgets”, Volume 42 (1), Spring 2021 and Volume 42 (2), Summer 2021

Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Public Administration, Louisiana State University (2020-2021)

Co-chair, Best Student’s Poster Selection Committee, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) Conference (2018)