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Russell S. Sobel

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First Name:Russell
Middle Name:S.
Last Name:Sobel
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Terminal Degree:1994 Department of Economics; Florida State University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

School of Business Administration
The Citadel

Charleston, South Carolina (United States)
http://www.citadel.edu/root/csba
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Working papers

  1. HOFFER, ADAM & Sobel, Russell, 2015. "Protectionism Among the States: How Preference Policies Undermine Competition," Working Papers 06901, George Mason University, Mercatus Center.
  2. Russell S. Sobel & Joshua C. Hall, 2014. "Has the War between the Rent Seekers Escalated?," Working Papers 14-33, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
  3. Joshua C. Hall & Russell S. Sobel, 2006. "Public Policy and Entrepreneurship," Technical Reports 060717, Brandmeyer Center for Applied Economics, School of Business, University of Kansas.
  4. Thomas A. Garrett & Russell S. Sobel, 2002. "State lottery revenue: the importance of game characteristics," Working Papers 2002-011, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
  5. Thomas A. Garrett & Russell S. Sobel, 2002. "The political economy of FEMA disaster payments," Working Papers 2002-012, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

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Articles

  1. Nabamita Dutta & Lisa Giddings & Russell S. Sobel, 2022. "Does Trust Always Help Gender Role Attitudes? The Role of Individualism and Collectivism," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 159(1), pages 379-408, January.
  2. Russell S. Sobel & J. R. Clark & Reagan N. Sobel, 2022. "The Curse of Historic Resources," Public Finance Review, , vol. 50(3), pages 279-306, May.
  3. Peter T. Leeson & Russell S. Sobel, 2021. "A Reply to a Replication of “Weathering Corruption†( Journal of Law and Economics, 2008): Different Data Produce Different Results," Public Finance Review, , vol. 49(4), pages 627-630, July.
  4. Chris Mothorpe & W. William Woolsey & Russell S. Sobel, 2021. "Do political motivations and strategic considerations influence municipal annexation patterns?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 188(3), pages 385-405, September.
  5. Nabamita Dutta & Saibal Kar & Russell S. Sobel, 2021. "What influences entrepreneurship among skilled immigrants in the USA? Evidence from micro-data," Business Economics, Palgrave Macmillan;National Association for Business Economics, vol. 56(3), pages 146-154, July.
  6. Dutta, Nabamita & Sobel, Russell S., 2021. "Entrepreneurship, fear of failure, and economic policy," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
  7. Calvin Blackwell & Russell S. Sobel, 2020. "The efficiency impact of uncertain taxes: an experimental study," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(10), pages 859-872, June.
  8. J. Brandon Bolen & Russell S. Sobel, 2020. "Does Balance Among Areas of Institutional Quality Matter for Economic Growth?," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 86(4), pages 1418-1445, April.
  9. Russell S. Sobel & Reagan N. Sobel & Douglas M. Walker & Peter T. Calcagno, 2019. "How Effective Are Expert Tv Hosts At Saving Failing Businesses?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 37(1), pages 9-24, January.
  10. Patrick A. McLaughlin & Adam C. Smith & Russell S. Sobel, 2019. "Bootleggers, Baptists, and the risks of rent seeking," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 211-234, June.
  11. Dutta, Nabamita & Sobel, Russell S., 2018. "Entrepreneurship and human capital: The role of financial development," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 319-332.
  12. Russell S. Sobel & J. R. Clark, 2018. "The use of knowledge in technology entrepreneurship: A theoretical foundation," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 31(2), pages 195-207, June.
  13. Sobel, Russell S., 2017. "The rise and decline of nations: the dynamic properties of institutional reform 1," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(3), pages 549-574, September.
  14. Russell S. Sobel & John A. Dove, 2016. "Analyzing the Effectiveness of State Regulatory Review," Public Finance Review, , vol. 44(4), pages 446-477, July.
  15. Nabamita Dutta & Russell S. Sobel & Sanjukta Roy, 2016. "Foreign aid’s impact on domestic business climates," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 5(3), pages 365-382, November.
  16. Nabamita Dutta & Russell Sobel, 2016. "Does corruption ever help entrepreneurship?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 47(1), pages 179-199, June.
  17. Russell S. Sobel & Joshua Hall, 2016. "Has the War between the Rent Seekers Escalated?," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 36(1), pages 47-53, Winter.
  18. Russell S. Sobel, 2014. "The elephant in the room: why some states are refusing to expand Medicaid," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(17), pages 1226-1229, November.
  19. Russell Sobel & George Crowley, 2014. "Do intergovernmental grants create ratchets in state and local taxes?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 158(1), pages 167-187, January.
  20. Peter Calcagno & Russell Sobel, 2014. "Regulatory costs on entrepreneurship and establishment employment size," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 42(3), pages 541-559, March.
  21. Nabamita Dutta & Russell S. Sobel & Sanjukta Roy, 2013. "Entrepreneurship and political risk," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 2(2), pages 130-143, October.
  22. Andrew Young & Russell Sobel, 2013. "Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending at the state level: Keynesian stimulus or distributive politics?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 155(3), pages 449-468, June.
  23. Russell S. Sobel & Nabamita Dutta & Sanjukta Roy, 2013. "Does fiscal decentralization result in a better business climate?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 84-91, January.
  24. Leeson, Peter T. & Sobel, Russell S. & Dean, Andrea M., 2012. "Comparing the spread of capitalism and democracy," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 114(1), pages 139-141.
  25. Russell Sobel & Matt Ryan, 2012. "Seniority and anti-competitive restrictions on the legislative common pool: tenure’s impact on the overall production of legislation and the concentration of political benefits," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 153(1), pages 171-190, October.
  26. Peter T. Leeson & Russell S. Sobel, 2011. "Race, politics, and punishment," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 31(3), pages 265-285, June.
  27. Russell S. Sobel & Christopher J. Coyne, 2011. "Cointegrating Institutions: The Time-Series Properties of Country Institutional Measures," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 54(1), pages 111-134.
  28. George Crowley & Russell Sobel, 2011. "Does fiscal decentralization constrain Leviathan? New evidence from local property tax competition," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 149(1), pages 5-30, October.
  29. Russell Sobel & Nabamita Dutta & Sanjukta Roy, 2010. "Does cultural diversity increase the rate of entrepreneurship?," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 23(3), pages 269-286, September.
  30. Joshua C. Hall & Russell S. Sobel & George R. Crowley, 2010. "Institutions, Capital, and Growth," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 77(2), pages 385-405, October.
  31. Yakovlev, Pavel & Sobel, Russell S., 2010. "Occupational safety and profit maximization: Friends or foes?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 429-435, June.
  32. Russell S. Sobel & Nabamita Dutta & Sanjukta Roy, 2010. "Beyond Borders: Is Media Freedom Contagious?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(1), pages 133-143, February.
  33. Christopher Coyne & Russell Sobel & John Dove, 2010. "The non-productive entrepreneurial process," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 23(4), pages 333-346, December.
  34. Russell S. Sobel & Brian J. Osoba, 2009. "Youth Gangs as Pseudo‐Governments: Implications for Violent Crime," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 75(4), pages 996-1018, April.
  35. Sobel, Russell S., 2008. "Testing Baumol: Institutional quality and the productivity of entrepreneurship," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 23(6), pages 641-655, November.
  36. Leeson, Peter T. & Sobel, Russell S., 2008. "Costly price discrimination," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 99(1), pages 206-208, April.
  37. Sobel, Russell S. & King, Kerry A., 2008. "Does school choice increase the rate of youth entrepreneurship?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 27(4), pages 429-438, August.
  38. Peter T. Leeson & Russell S. Sobel, 2008. "Weathering Corruption," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 51(4), pages 667-681, November.
  39. Russell S. Sobel & Andrea M Dean, 2008. "Has Wal‐Mart Buried Mom And Pop?: The Impact Of Wal‐Mart On Self‐Employment And Small Establishments In The United States," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 46(4), pages 676-695, October.
  40. Nathan Ashby & Russell Sobel, 2008. "Income inequality and economic freedom in the U.S. states," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 134(3), pages 329-346, March.
  41. Russell Sobel & J. Clark & Dwight Lee, 2007. "Freedom, barriers to entry, entrepreneurship, and economic progress," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 20(4), pages 221-236, December.
  42. Russell S. Sobel & Todd M. Nesbit, 2007. "Automobile Safety Regulation and the Incentive to Drive Recklessly: Evidence from NASCAR," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 74(1), pages 71-84, July.
  43. Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee‐Wright & Peter Gordon & Sanford Ikeda & Peter T. Leeson & Russell Sobel, 2007. "The Political, Economic, and Social Aspects of Katrina," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 74(2), pages 363-376, October.
  44. Russell S. Sobel & Joshua C. Hall, 2007. "The Effect of Judicial Selection Processes on Judicial Quality: The Role of Partisan Politics," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 27(1), pages 69-82, Winter.
  45. Russell S. Sobel & Joshua C. Hall, 2007. "Can You Hear Me in The Back? Improving Large Section Instruction Using Walkie-Talkies," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 23(Fall 2007), pages 159-166.
  46. Elham Mafi-Kreft & Russell S. Sobel, 2006. "Does a Less Active Central Bank Lead to Greater Economic Stability? Evidence from the European Monetary Union," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 26(1), pages 49-70, Winter.
  47. Russell Sobel & Peter Leeson, 2006. "Government's response to Hurricane Katrina: A public choice analysis," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 127(1), pages 55-73, April.
  48. Russell S. Sobel, 2006. "The emergence of entrepreneurial economics, by Vinig, T. And Van Der Voort, R. (eds.). Research on Technological Innovation, Management, and Policy, Vol. 9, Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2005, xvi +232 pp," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(5), pages 396-399.
  49. Gary Wagner & Russell Sobel, 2006. "State budget stabilization fund adoption: Preparing for the next recession or circumventing fiscal constraints?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 126(1), pages 177-199, January.
  50. Russell S. Sobel, 2006. "Venture capital, entrepreneurship, and public policy, edited by Kanniainen, V. and Keuschnigg, C. CESifo Seminar Series, by Sinn, H.-W. MIT Press: Cambridge and London, 2005, xviii+293 pp., USD 4," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(5), pages 392-394.
  51. Tomi Ovaska & Russell S. Sobel, 2005. "Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Economies," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 21(Fall 2005), pages 8-28.
  52. Steven F. Kreft & Russell S. Sobel, 2005. "Public Policy, Entrepreneurship, And Economic Freedom," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, vol. 25(3), pages 595-616, Fall.
  53. Russell S. Sobel, 2004. "Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, The Political Economy of the European Union: Institutions, Policy, and Economic Growth," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 120(3_4), pages 465-468, September.
  54. Russell S. Sobel & Gary A. Wagner, 2004. "Expressive Voting and Government Redistribution: Testing Tullock's `Charity of the Uncharitable'," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 119(1_2), pages 143-159, April.
  55. Russell S. Sobel & Jennis J. Taylor, 2004. "The Last 30 Years of Public Choice: An Analysis of Author and Institution Rankings," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 120(3_4), pages 331-352, September.
  56. Thomas A. Garrett & Russell S. Sobel, 2004. "State Lottery Revenue: The Importance of Game Characteristics," Public Finance Review, , vol. 32(3), pages 313-330, May.
  57. Russell Sobel & S. Travis Raines, 2003. "An examination of the empirical derivatives of the favourite-longshot bias in racetrack betting," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(4), pages 371-385.
  58. Thomas A. Garrett & Russell S. Sobel, 2003. "The Political Economy of FEMA Disaster Payments," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 41(3), pages 496-509, July.
  59. Sobel, Russell S & Garrett, Thomas A, 2002. "On the Measurement of Rent Seeking and Its Social Opportunity Cost," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 112(1-2), pages 115-136, July.
  60. Sobel, Russell S, 2002. "Defending the Articles of Confederation: A Reply to Dougherty," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 113(3-4), pages 287-299, December.
  61. Sobel, Russell S & Holcombe, Randall G, 2001. "The Unanimous Voting Rule Is Not the Political Equivalent to Market Exchange," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 106(3-4), pages 233-242, March.
  62. Randall G. Holcombe & Russell S. Sobel, 2001. "Public Policy Toward Pecuniary Externalities," Public Finance Review, , vol. 29(4), pages 304-325, July.
  63. Russell S. Sobel, 2001. "A Public Choice Explanation for the Budget Surplus: Comment," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 15(4), pages 219-221, Fall.
  64. Randall G. Holcombe & Russell S. Sobel, 2000. "Consumption Externalities and Economic Welfare," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 26(2), pages 157-170, Spring.
  65. Garrett, Thomas A. & Sobel, Russell S., 1999. "Gamblers favor skewness, not risk: Further evidence from United States' lottery games," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 63(1), pages 85-90, April.
  66. Sobel, Russell S, 1999. "In Defense of the Articles of Confederation and the Contribution Mechanism as a Means of Government Finance: A General Comment on the Literature," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 99(3-4), pages 347-356, June.
  67. Russell S. Sobel, 1999. "Theory and Evidence on the Political Economy of the Minimum Wage," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 107(4), pages 761-785, August.
  68. Sobel, Russell S, 1998. "Exchange Rate Evidence on the Effectiveness of United Nations Policy," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 95(1-2), pages 1-25, April.
  69. Sobel, Russell S, 1998. "The Political Costs of Tax Increases and Expenditure Reductions: Evidence from State Legislative Turnover," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 96(1-2), pages 61-79, July.
  70. Russell Sobel, 1998. "Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas (Eds.), The political economy of conflict and appropriation," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 95(1), pages 210-213, April.
  71. Russell S. Sobel, 1997. "Optimal Taxation in a Federal System of Governments," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(2), pages 468-485, October.
  72. Sobel, Russell S & Garrett, Thomas A, 1997. "Taxation and Product Quality: New Evidence from Generic Cigarettes," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 105(4), pages 880-887, August.
  73. Russell S. Sobel, 1997. "The Distinction Between True and Induced Free Riders: an Application to Gatt de Facto Membership," Public Finance Review, , vol. 25(4), pages 366-392, July.
  74. Russell S. Sobel, 1997. "Economic Effects of Fundamental Tax Reform. Edited by Henry Aaron and William Gale. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1996. Pp. xvii, 521. $52.95 cloth, $24.95 paper," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(1), pages 365-366, July.
  75. Russell Sobel, 1996. "Vibert's European union: A United Nations or a United States?," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 7(4), pages 309-316, December.
  76. Sobel, Russell S. & Holcombe, Randall G., 1996. "Measuring the Growth and Variability of Tax Bases Over the Business Cycle," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 49(4), pages 535-552, December.
  77. Holcombe, Randall G & Sobel, Russell S, 1996. "The Stability of International Coalitions in United Nations Voting from 1946 to 1973," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 86(1-2), pages 17-34, January.
  78. Holcombe, Randall G & Sobel, Russell S, 1995. "Empirical Evidence on the Publicness of State Legislative Activities," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 83(1-2), pages 47-58, April.
  79. Russell Sobel, 1994. "The League of Nations covenant and the United Nations charter: An analysis of two international constitutions," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 5(2), pages 173-192, March.

Chapters

  1. John A. Dove & Russell S. Sobel, 2017. "Entrepreneurial creative destruction and legal federalism," Chapters, in: Jonathan Klick (ed.), The Law and Economics of Federalism, chapter 7, pages 214-237, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Russell S. Sobel & Nabamita Dutta & Sanjukta Roy, 2014. "Does fiscal decentralization result in a better business climate?," Chapters, in: Robert F. Salvino Jr. & Michael T. Tasto & Gregory M. Randolph (ed.), Entrepreneurial Action, Public Policy, and Economic Outcomes, chapter 9, pages 151-176, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. Russell S. Sobel & Adam Pellillo, 2013. "The politics of elections and congressional oversight," Chapters, in: William F. Shughart II & Laura Razzolini & Michael Reksulak (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition, chapter 13, pages 217-232, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  4. Russell S. Sobel & Peter T. Leeson, 2010. "The Use of Knowledge in Natural Disaster Relief Management," Chapters, in: Emily Chamlee-Wright & Virgil Henry Storr (ed.), The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  5. Russell S. Sobel & Matt E. Ryan & Joshua C. Hall, 2010. "Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Edward J. López (ed.), The Pursuit of Justice, chapter 0, pages 37-50, Palgrave Macmillan.

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  1. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2022-12-19
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