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: Fiscal federalism, jurisdictional competition, and the size of government
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Constitutional Political Economy 25, 354-375, 2014
Title: Globalisation and intrastate conflict: An empirical analysis
Authors: J Sorens, W Ruger
Publication: Civil Wars 16 (4), 381-401, 2014
Title: Legal regimes for secession: applying moral theory and empirical findings
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Public Affairs Quarterly 28 (3), 259-288, 2014
Title: The Two Logics of Perverse Fiscal Federalism in the Developing World
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper, 2014
Title: Why the world needs more globalisation, not less
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: USApp-American Politics and Policy Blog, 2014
Title: Civil Libertarianism-Communitarianism: A State Policy Ideology Dimension
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Available at SSRN 2298767, 2013
