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Russell Sobel, Ph.D

Title:
James Clark Coffman Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies
Professor of Economics

Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Florida State University
M.S., Economics, Florida State University
B.S.B.A., Economics, Francis Marion College

Contact:
Office#: 403
T: 304.293.7864
E: rsobel2@wvu.edu
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Area of Expertise:
Dr. Sobel specializes in public economics with a particular emphasis on public choice, entrepreneurship, and free-market philosophy. He is also interested in state and local public finance, legislative behavior, international organizations, and constitutional economics. He regularly teaches courses in principles of microeconomics (ECON 201), principles of macroeconomics (ECON 202), and public finance (both undergraduate ECON 441 and graduate ECON 742).