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
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: International Studies Quarterly 54 (2), 535-560, 2010
Title: Development and the Political Economy of Foreign Aid.
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Journal of Private Enterprise 24 (2), 2009
Title: Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom
Authors: WP Ruger, J Sorens
Publication: Arlington, Va.: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2009
Title: The partisan logic of decentralization in Europe
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Regional & Federal Studies 19 (2), 255-272, 2009
Title: Regionalists against secession: the political economy of territory in advanced democracies
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 14 (3), 325-360, 2008
Title: US state and local public policies in 2006: A new database
Authors: J Sorens, F Muedini, WP Ruger
Publication: State Politics & Policy Quarterly 8 (3), 309-326, 2008
