Faculty
Fubing Su
Professor of Political Science and Director of Asian Studies
Mr. Su received his PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. Before joining Vassar College, he taught at Brown University for two years. He is also a member of the Asian Studies program.
Mr. Su’s teaching interests include comparative politics, political economy, East Asian security, and Chinese politics. His research concerns contemporary Chinese political and economic developments, including electoral politics, village governance, local public finance, urbanization, land management, transition, and China’s growth model.
BA, MA, Nankai University (南开大学); MA, PhD, University of Chicago
At Vassar since 2004
Departments and Programs
Courses
ASIA 254 Chinese Politics and Economy
POLI 250 Politics as Games
POLI 254 Chinese Politics and Economy
Selected Publications
- Zhang, C., Tao, R., & Su, F. “Legislative decentralization and regulatory dilution: Evidence from air pollution control in China.” World Development 191 (2025): 107002.
- Zhou, M., Su, F., & Tao, R. “The illusion of meritocracy: Evidence from provincial official promotion in post-Mao China.” Journal of Contemporary China 174 (2025).
- Su, F., & Tao, R. Meritocracy or Patronage? Political Foundations of China’s Economic Transition (Cambridge University Press 2024).
- Zhang, C., Tao, R., Yue, Z., & Su, F. “Regional competition, rural pollution haven and environmental injustice in China.” Ecological Economics 204 (2023): 107669.
- Li, M., Tao, R., & Su, F. “Bringing politics back in charitable giving: Evidence from donations after China’s Sichuan earthquake.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 49, no. 2 (2020): 272-291.
- Su, F., Lu, X., Zhao, X., & Tao, R. “Land taking and electoral rule setting: evidence from Chinese rural democracy.” Political Studies 67, no. 3 (2019): 752-774.
- Su, F., Li, M., & Tao, R. “Transfer-based decentralization and poverty alleviation: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in China.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 49, no. 4 (2019): 694-718.
- Additional publications at Google Scholar
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