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Using Geographic Information Systems to Study Interstate Competition
Principal Investigator(s): Berry, William D.; Baybeck, Brady
Summary: Scholars have proposed two distinct explanations for why policies diffuse across American states: (1) policymakers learn by observing the experiences of nearby states, and (2) states seek a competitive economic advantage over other states. The most common empirical approach for studying interstate influence is modeling an indicator of a state's policy choice as a function of its neighbors' policies, with each neighbor weighted equally. This can appropriately specify one form of ... (view details)
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01323
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