Feler Bose

Faculty in Finance
Associate Professor in Economics
Hayes Hall 255V
(765) 973-8538
bosef@iue.edu
Full CV

Education

• Ph.D. 2007 Economics George Mason University
• M.S. 2007 Economics George Mason University
• M.S.M.E. 1997 Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
• B.S. (with ACS), Chemistry and Engineering Physics

Select Publications

• "Get in Line:  Do Part-Time legislatures use Sunset Laws to Keep Executive Agencies in Check," (w/ Brian Baugus & Jeffry Jacob), Regulation & Governance, Forthcoming.
• “An Economic and Public Policy view of Demonetization in India.” Society, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2019, Pages 38-46.
• “Changing Sexual Regulations in the U.S. from 1990 to 2010: Spatial Panel Data Analysis” (w/ Jeffry Jacob), Review of Economics and Institutions, Volume 9, No. 1, Article 3, 2018, Pages 1-18.
• “Do Focusing Events and Narratives Drive Pharma Rentseeking:  Evidence from Disease Outbreaks” (w/Joseph Moran), Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Volume 20, No. 6, 2018, Pages 11-29.  
• “The Green Marketplace: Applying a Model of Church and Sect to the Environmental Movement.” The Journal for the Study of Radicalism, Volume 12, No. 2, 2018, Pages 131-155.
• "Don’t Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste: Exploring Links Between Environmental Policy-Making and Environmental Mishaps" (with Vivek Pandey), Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2015
• “The determinants of Sexual Freedom from 1990 to 2010”, Applied Economics Letters, Volume 22, Issue 15, 2015.
• “Is Religion and Environmentalism a Complement or Substitute? A Club Based Approach” (with Tim Komarek), Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, Volume 11, Article 1, 2015.
• “Parliament vs. Supreme Court: A Veto Player Framework of the Indian Constitutional Experiment in the Area of Economic and Civil Rights” Constitutional Political Economy, Volume 21, Issue 4 (2010), Page 336.
• "The Rise of the Modern Welfare State, Ideology, Institutions, and Income Security: Analysis and Evidence" (with Roger Congleton) Public Choice, Volume 144 (2010), 535-555.
• “Funding the Faiths: Toward a Theory of Religious Finance” (with Larry Iannaccone) The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion Rachel M. McCleary, Editor. Oxford University Press. 2010.

Selected Memberships in State/National/International Professional Organizations

• The American Economic Association
• The Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture
• Southern Economic Association
• Public Choice
• The Association of Private Enterprise Education

Select past Employment

• Anderson University
• Alma College
• Renewable Bioproducts Institute (formerly IPST)

Areas of Professional Practice

• Law & Economics, Political Economy, Economics of Religion, Applied Microeconomics

Selected Academic Awards/Recognition

• Numerous external grants