Jason Sorens
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
A Tragedy in Waiting
“Taking away someone’s means of self-defense, making her vulnerable to criminal attacks, is a violation of that person’s rights. Waiting periods for gun purchases do precisely that.” ~ Jason Sorens
Treating Adults like Children
“Now more than ever, those of us who simply want to be able to think new thoughts and try new things must defend the rights of those whose lifestyles we may not wish to copy. Treat adults like… adults.” ~ Jason Sorens
Will Federal Spending Be Brought Under Control?
“Will Congress actually cut spending? History suggests not. Economic historian Robert Higgs invented the term ‘ratchet effect’ to describe the way that government growth after a crisis tends to be locked in: the size of government never retreats to what it was before the crisis.” ~ Jason Sorens
The Foundations of Ethnic Politics: Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World
J Sorens. The Journal of Politics 72 (1), 260-262, 2010
Framing affordable housing: an experimental test of changing attitudes
M Matheis, J Sorens. Housing Studies, 1-17, 2022
Corruption as a response to regulation
J Noel D, R William, S Jason, Y Steven.
The Two Logics of Perverse Fiscal Federalism in the Developing World
J Sorens. APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper, 2014
A Business Political Cycle? Economic Conditions and Party System Dimensionality
J Sorens. New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2012
Regulatory Decentralization and Stringency: The Case of Comparative Minimum Wage and Renewable Energy Policies
J Sorens. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 53 (1), 55-81, 2023
Changing Minds on Restrictive Zoning: How to Unclog America’s Home Supply
J Sorens. Manhattan Institute, Apr 1, 2022
New Hampshire Shows How to Advance Freedom
W Ruger, J Sorens, GC Sununu. Cato Institute, 2021
Economic and Personal Freedom in the Carolinas
J Sorens. Political Economy in the Carolinas 3 (1), 117-123, 2020
Why the world needs more globalisation, not less
J Sorens. USApp-American Politics and Policy Blog, 2014
Ethnicity and Nationalism in Wars of Secession
J Sorens. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 2010
Resources, Ethnicity, and Commitment: Central Government Policies Toward Mineral-Rich Ethnoregions
J Sorens, G Bhattarai. APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper, 2011
The Citizen Legislature: How Reasonable Limits on State Legislative Salaries, Staff and Session Lengths Keep Liberty Alive
W Ruger, J Sorens. Goldwater Institute, 2011
A Stability-Seeking Power: US Foreign Policy and Secessionist Conflicts. By Jonathan Paquin. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010. 230p. 27.95 paper.
J Sorens. Perspectives on Politics 9 (4), 977-978, 2011
Civil Libertarianism-Communitarianism: A State Policy Ideology Dimension
J Sorens. Available at SSRN 2298767, 2013
Virtue libertarianism
W Ruger, J Sorens. The American Conservative 15 (5), 19-20, 2016
On the Moral Duties of Business
W Ruger, J Sorens.
The political economy of secessionism: Regional responses to globalization
JP Sorens. Yale University, 2003
Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom
W Ruger, J Sorens. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2018
The Case for ‘Virtue Libertarianism’ Over Libertinism
W Ruger, J Sorens. Reason, 2016
Hearing: US Policy toward national self-determination movements
J Sorens. House committee on foreign affairs, 1-6, 2016
Globalization and Ethnic Discrimination
J Sorens. annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Palmer House …, 2007
Why are separatists more rebellious than other ethnic groups?
J Sorens. Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, 2007
Explaining Regional Ideological Differences
J Sorens. New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portsmouth, NH, 2004
Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom
WP Ruger, J Sorens. And see Cato Institute’s website www. freedominthe50states. org, 4th ed., 2016
Freedom in the 50 States Dataset
WP Ruger, J Sorens. Mercatus Center, George Mason University. Accessed November 8, 2016
Residential Land Use Regulations in New Hampshire: Causes and Consequences
J Sorens. Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, 13-14, 2021
Public policy and quality of life: An empirical analysis of interstate migration, 2000-2012
J Sorens. Available at SSRN 2298744, 2013
Does fiscal federalism promote regional inequality
J Sorens. An Empirical, 2014
Pre-colonial centralisation, traditional indirect rule, and state capacity in Africa
C Cappelen, J Sorens. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 56 (2), 195-215, 2018
The effects of housing supply restrictions on partisan geography
J Sorens. Political Geography 66, 44-56, 2018
Social Order without the State: The Case of Somalia
JP Sorens, L Wantchekon. Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Council on African Studies, 2000
Legal regimes for secession: applying moral theory and empirical findings
J Sorens. Public Affairs Quarterly 28 (3), 259-288, 2014
The changing ideological politics of US state firearms regulation
DS McLean, J Sorens. Politics & Policy 47 (4), 638-672, 2019
The False Promise of Instant Runoff Voting
J Sorens. Cato Institute, 2016
The failure to converge: Why globalization doesn’t cause deregulation
J Sorens. Critical Review 14 (1), 19-33, 2000
The institutions of fiscal federalism
J Sorens. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 41 (2), 207-231, 2011
US state and local public policies in 2006: A new database
J Sorens, F Muedini, WP Ruger. State Politics & Policy Quarterly 8 (3), 309-326, 2008
Mineral production, territory, and ethnic rebellion: The role of rebel constituencies
J Sorens. Journal of Peace Research 48 (5), 571-585, 2011
Globalization, secessionism, and autonomy
J Sorens. Electoral Studies 23 (4), 727-752, 2004
The partisan logic of decentralization in Europe
J Sorens. Regional & Federal Studies 19 (2), 255-272, 2009
The political economy of capital account liberalization
N Brune, G Garrett, A Guisinger, J Sorens. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 2001
Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom
WP Ruger, J Sorens. Arlington, Va.: Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2009
Secessionism: Identity, interest, and strategy
J Sorens. McGill-Queen’s Press-MQUP, 2012
Regionalists against secession: the political economy of territory in advanced democracies
J Sorens. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 14 (3), 325-360, 2008
Corruption, regulation, and growth: an empirical study of the United States
ND Johnson, W Ruger, J Sorens, S Yamarik. Economics of Governance 15, 51-69, 2014
Does fiscal federalism promote regional inequality? An empirical analysis of the OECD, 1980–2005
J Sorens. Regional Studies 48 (2), 239-253, 2014
Vertical fiscal gaps and economic performance: A theoretical review and an empirical meta-analysis
J Sorens. Mercatus Working paper, 2016
Fiscal federalism, jurisdictional competition, and the size of government
J Sorens. Constitutional Political Economy 25, 354-375, 2014
Development and the Political Economy of Foreign Aid.
J Sorens. Journal of Private Enterprise 24 (2), 2009
Globalisation and intrastate conflict: An empirical analysis
J Sorens, W Ruger. Civil Wars 16 (4), 381-401, 2014
Arab Spring constitution-making: polarization, exclusion, and constraints
E Cross, J Sorens. Democratization 23 (7), 1292-1312, 2016
Does foreign investment really reduce repression?
J Sorens, W Ruger. International Studies Quarterly 56 (2), 427-436, 2012
The politics and economics of official ethnic discrimination: A global statistical analysis, 1950–2003
J Sorens. International Studies Quarterly 54 (2), 535-560, 2010
Secession risk and fiscal federalism
JP Sorens. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 46 (1), 25-50, 2015
The cross-sectional determinants of secessionism in advanced democracies
J Sorens. Comparative political studies 38 (3), 304-326, 2005