The State of State Environmental Policy Research: A Thirty‐Year Progress Report

Woods, Neal D.

doi:10.1111/ropr.12426

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“…What remains unknown are the implications of these tensions between federal policy and local discretion on the implementation of environmental policy. While a great deal of work has focused on both policy innovation and adoption, far less research has focused on the extent or effectiveness of their implementation (Woods, 2021).…”

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Uneven local implementation of federal policy after disaster: Policy conflict and goal ambiguity

Zarb

Taylor

2022

Review of Policy Research

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As climate change continues to increase both the frequency and intensity of environmental hazards and disasters, the need for a cohesive national mitigation policy grows. As the environmental federalism scholarship indicates, the inherent tension in federal, state, and local policy implementation highlights that despite a national need, environmental quality is a local public good. To complicate matters, there is disagreement about the optimal level of decision-making regarding the adoption and implementation of environmental policy. This study addresses this gap by considering the role of policy ambiguity and conflict in policy implementation. The analysis relies on primary qualitative data collected from open-ended interviews with 22 local government officials in 12 municipalities following Hurricane Harvey. Through the lens of policy ambiguity and conflict, we find confirmatory support for the idea that policies with less ambiguous goals are more likely to be implemented. Furthermore, we find that policy conflict arises when local governments perceive there is little for the community to gain by implementing the federal program. Thus, the level of protection afforded to citizens varies greatly between communities and is influenced heavily by politics. This research supports the Ambiguity-Conflict Model of policy implementation, an oft-cited but rarely tested theoretical

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Uneven local implementation of federal policy after disaster: Policy conflict and goal ambiguity

Zarb

Taylor

2022

Review of Policy Research

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“…Particularly for public policy and administration, institutional arrangements synonymous with geographic boundaries create distinct research settings in as far as states often have unique political and/ or bureaucratic cultures. In fact, many scholars argue that states create natural experiments in how government functions (i.e., laboratories of democracy), which is likely why state governments are a popular unit of analysis (Brace and Jewett 1995;Woods 2021).…”

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Is Florida Really that Interesting? State Geographic Bias in Public Administration Research

Fowler

Fox

2022

State and Local Government Review

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The authors examine whether there are geographic biases in public administration research. They use a dataset of 557 research articles from top public administration journals in which specific state names appear in the title or abstract. Findings suggest that not only is a mass of public administration research concentrated in four states (Florida, California, New York, and Texas), but specific thematic topics and policy areas are associated with each of those states. In general, this suggests that authors need to consider if continuing these trends creates a blind spot for research bias in the field, where the collective understanding of a specific topic is disproportionately influenced by data from a single state. The broad implications are that how states serve as a research setting should be actively considered by authors.

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Climate policy uncertainty and firm‐level carbon dioxide emissions: Assessing the impact in the U.S. market

Borozan,

Pirgaip

2024

Bus Strat Env

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This paper examines the impact of climate policy uncertainty (CPU) on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 1007 listed firms over 2003–2021. As the urgency to combat climate change and implement effective policies may create uncertainty, it focuses on the Unites States, a significant emitter with a complex policy landscape. Using the two‐step system generalized method of moments estimation, the analysis reveals a negative CPU–CO2 emissions relationship, indicating that increased CPU incentivizes firms to adopt sustainable practices, leading to emissions reductions. Capital expenditures have similar effects on emissions, accompanied by increased corporate sustainability engagement. However, no significant relationship is found between research and development (R&D) expenditure and CO2 emissions, nor does CPU significantly moderate the R&D–CO2 emissions nexus. Firms with substantial fixed assets exhibit higher CO2 emissions, while heavy emitters demonstrate limited CPU responsiveness. These findings provide valuable insights for policymakers encouraging corporate participation in emissions reduction efforts.

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The State of State Environmental Policy Research: A Thirty‐Year Progress Report

Cited by 8 publications

References 103 publications

Uneven local implementation of federal policy after disaster: Policy conflict and goal ambiguity

Uneven local implementation of federal policy after disaster: Policy conflict and goal ambiguity

Is Florida Really that Interesting? State Geographic Bias in Public Administration Research

Climate policy uncertainty and firm‐level carbon dioxide emissions: Assessing the impact in the U.S. market

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