Abstract:Maintaining fiscal responsiveness to deteriorating environmental conditions is a critical concern for civil society and public managers. Drawing from multiple theoretical perspectives and panel data of state environmental agency appropriations, we add to the budgeting literature on this salient topic with an examination of the legal, political, institutional, and fiscal factors that drive, and condition, environmental budgets. Given the influence of environmental pollution on funding—as stressed by previous li… Show more
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