FELER BOSE Department of Economics 614 W. Superior St Home: (989)

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1 FELER BOSE Department of Economics 614 W. Superior St Home: (989) Alma, MI EDUCATION Ph.D., Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2007 M.S., Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2007 M.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering (Top 5), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1997 B.S., Chemistry (ACS) & Engr. Physics, Hope College, Holland, MI, 1995, Magna Cum Laude PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Assistant Professor of Economics,, Alma, MI, 2008-Present Adjunct Faculty & Instructor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Assistant Engineer, Inst. of Paper Science & Technology (GA Tech), Atlanta, GA, Analytical Chemist, Parke-Davis (Pfizer), Holland, MI, PROFESSIONAL OTHER Scorer for Regulatory Report Card Project, Mercatus Center at GMU, Arlington, VA, Visiting Scholar, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Spring 2012 CSAID Visiting Scholar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 03/2011 Consulting: Adrian College & Harvard University, Cengage & Worth Publishers RESEARCH INTERESTS Applied Microeconomics, Political Economy, Environmental Economics, and Law & Economics COURSES TAUGHT Standard Courses using primarily a textbook Principles of Microeconomics (traditional and non-traditional students) Principles of Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics Intermediate Macroeconomics Money & Banking (traditional and non-traditional students) Economics & Law (interdisciplinary) Courses using primarily journals and books Economic Development Economics & Religion (interdisciplinary, co-taught with religion professor) American Enterprise System (1/2 semester) Other Courses Economic Development, India (Travel course lasting 3.5 weeks) Common Sense Economics (First Year Seminar) Economics via Comics (1/2 semester, proposed)

2 PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS "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 (Forthcoming) 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, Homo Economicus Meets Homo Religiosus: A Collaborative Undergraduate Course in Economics and Religion (with Kate Blanchard) CBAR, Spring 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), BOOK CHAPTER(S) "Public Choice and the Modern Welfare State, On the Growth of Government in the Twentieth Century" (with Roger Congleton, Alberto Batinti, Youngshin Kim, and Rinaldo Pietrantonio) The Second Companion to Public Choice William Shughart, Laura Razzolini, and Michael Reksulak, eds. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar 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 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Oil Train Angst: Are proposed regulations on the rail shipment of oil good policy? in Regulation, Forthcoming in Spring Free Banking in World Financial Systems, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. Forthcoming in Hazardous Materials: Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High- Hazard Flammable Trains Public Interest Comment for Dept. of Transportation. Review of James Hudnut-Beumler, In Pursuit of the Almighty s Dollar: A History of Money and American Protestantism. FFAOL, May/June MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW (bold coauthor is student) Law Order vs. Lawyer Order: Analyzing the Conflict between Juries and Elites using a Veto Player Framework" Environmental Policies in 50 U.S. States: Using a Modified Green Index for New Insights. (w/ Anna Leonard) The determinants of Sexual Freedom from 1990 to 2010 (Revise and Resubmit) "Lecture, Leisure, Learning: Teaching a Hayekian Economic Development Course Abroad." Belief Systems and Wealth Outcomes: Case Study of 3 villages in India. (w/ Tim Sipka) How extremes become Norms in Democracies: The Social Entrepreneur in the Abortion Debate. 2

3 WORK IN PROGRESS (bold coauthor is student) Sunset Laws: Active Bargaining Between the Legislature and Executive (w/ Brian Baugus) Finding a Home for the Abandoned Green Indexes Environmental Incidents and Energy Building Codes (w/ Jake Brower) Sexual Freedom Indices: Trends from 1960 to 2010 (w/ Ari Kornelis) Exit Costs in Marriage: Does the Laffer Curve Apply to Marriage Markets? The Green Marketplace: Applying a Model of Church and Sect to the Environmental Movement. (w/ Larry Iannaccone) Economics of Medical Tourism and a Personal Experience." (w/ Hailson Bose) License to Sin: The Politics and Opportunity Cost of Sexual Freedom. Markets for Missionaries: A Study of Missionary Activity around the world. Definable, Defendable, Divestible: Property Rights in Rural India RECENT GUIDED STUDENT RESEARCH & AWARDS An Analysis of the Formation of State Policies with Special Attention to the Variable of Environmental Events, Anna Leonard, Kapp Prize for best paper in the Social Sciences. Sexual Freedom: A Comparison of Fifty States Across Fifty Years, Ari Kornelis, presented at Midwestern Political Science Conference The Mortgage Interest Deduction, The Great Recession, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act: A Look at Recent Events and an Analysis, David Case, Economic and Agriculture Development of African Countries Involved in the Late- Decolonialization Movement, Grant Isley, Kapp Prize for best paper in the Social Sciences. RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Sexual Freedom and Trends over 50 years Presented at Association of Private Enterprise Education in Las Vegas, NV (April 2014), Midwest Political Science Association Chicago, IL (April 2014), University of North Alabama (May 2014), Brenau University (Dec 2014). "Don t Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste: Exploring Links Between Environmental Policy Making and Environmental Mishaps" Presented at Southern Economic Association, Tampa, FL (Nov 2013), Michigan Academy, Detroit, MI (Feb 2014) and University of North Alabama (May 2014). Environmentalism and Religion: Substitutes or Complements? Presented at Public Choice, New Orleans, LA (March 2013) & Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture conference in Washington D.C. (April 2013). License to Sin: The Politics and Opportunity Cost of Sexual Freedom. Presented at The Association of Private Enterprise Education in Las Vegas, NV (Apr 2012), Hope College (Fall 2012) & Public Choice, New Orleans, LA (March 2013) "Economics of Medical Tourism and a Personal Experience." Presented at The Association of Private Enterprise Education in Las Vegas, NV (Apr 2012) Environmentalism and Religion: Substitutes or Complements? Presented at Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture conference in Washington D.C. (Apr 2011) and at The Association of Private Enterprise Education in Nassau, Bahamas (Apr 2011). "The Green Marketplace: Applying a Model of Church and Sect to the Environmental 3

4 Movement." Presented at Public Choice Society Annual Meeting. Monterey, CA (March 2010) and at MI Academy of Arts and Sciences (March 2010). Financing of Religion: Theory and Evidence, Presented at Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture conference in Louisville, KY (Oct 2008) and Portland, OR (Nov 2006) and at Hope College (Fall 2008). FIELDWORK in INDIA, Alma, MI, 2011 Investigated the role belief systems play in Economic Development in India. Used a detailed survey. Took a student with me to India. Mercatus Center, Arlington, VA, 2005 Investigated the role belief systems play in Economic Development in India. Exploratory fieldwork. HONORS AND AWARDS External Grants totaling $25,000+ ( ) Small Grant for Faculty ( ) Bradley Fellowship ( ) School of Management Assistantship ( ) Calihan Fellowship ( ) George Mason University Fellowship ( ) Mercatus Center Global Prosperity Initiative Fellowship (2005) Institute of Paper Science and Technology Fellowship ( ) Georgia Institute of Technology Research Fellowship ( ) Jaeker Chemistry Scholar ( ) PEW Research Scholar at the University of Chicago (1993) Phi Beta Kappa Honorary society Mortar Board Honorary society Sigma Pi Sigma Honorary society for Physics MIAA Honor Roll of Athletes ( ) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PAST & PRESENT The American Economic Association The Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture Southern Economic Association Public Choice Mises Institute Member The Association of Private Enterprise Education Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters REFEREED PUBLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING Bose F, Ghiaasiaan M, Heindel T. "Hydrodynamics of Dispersed Liquid Droplets in Agitated Synthetic Fibrous Slurries Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 36, , 1997 Brodeur P.H.,...Bose F,et.al. "Whitewater Clarification Using a Dual Flocculation/Ultrasonic Method" The Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, Vol 27, No. 4, , April

5 FELER BOSE Department of Economics 614 W. Superior St Home: (989) Alma, MI REFERENCES Dr. George Choksy (Teaching & Research letter) Professor Emeritus Former Chair of Economics Department Home: (989) Gregory Baleja (Teaching, Research, & Service letter) Professor of Business Administration Home: (989) Cell: (989) Timothy Sipka (Teaching & Research letter) Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science Home: (989) Dr. Tom Ealey Professor of Business Administration Work: (989) Dr. Roger D. Congleton BB&T Professor of Economics West Virginia University Phone: (703)