Jason Sorens
Jason Sorens, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow at AIER. He is also Principal Investigator on the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas. Jason was formerly the director of the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College. He has researched and written more than 20 peer‐reviewed journal articles, a book for McGill‐Queens University Press titled Secessionism, and a biennially revised book for the Cato Institute, Freedom in the 50 States (with William Ruger).
His research is focused on housing policy and land-use regulation, U.S. state politics, fiscal federalism, and movements for regional autonomy and independence around the world. He has taught at Yale, Dartmouth, and the University at Buffalo and twice won awards for best teaching in his department. He lives in Amherst, New Hampshire.
Articles by Jason Sorens
Research Publications by Jason Sorens
Title: Virtue libertarianism
Authors: W Ruger, J Sorens
Publication: The American Conservative 15 (5), 19-20, 2016
Title: Secession risk and fiscal federalism
Authors: JP Sorens
Publication: Publius: The Journal of Federalism 46 (1), 25-50, 2015
Title: Corruption, regulation, and growth: an empirical study of the United States
Authors: ND Johnson, W Ruger, J Sorens, S Yamarik
Publication: Economics of Governance 15, 51-69, 2014
Title: Does fiscal federalism promote regional inequality
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: An Empirical, 2014
Title: Does fiscal federalism promote regional inequality? An empirical analysis of the OECD, 1980–2005
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Regional Studies 48 (2), 239-253, 2014
