Sizing Up State Policy Innovation Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6329005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frances Stokes Berry, Francis Berry (0000-0002-3355-3854, Florida State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 442-456 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1994.tb01480.x |
| OpenAlex | W2049621450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 81 |
| References cited | 18 |
In the literature on state policy innovation, there are three major explanations for what causes a government to adopt a new policy. One is the internal determinants model, which posits that the main factors leading a state to innovate are internal political, social and economic characteristics of the stale. The other two are diffusion models—the regional diffusion model, and the national interaction model—which see slate policy adoptions as emulations of earlier adoptions by other states. Each of the three models has been associated with a distinct strategy for empirical testing. The regional diffusion model has been tested with factor analysis, the national interaction model with time‐series regression, and the internal determinants model with cross‐sectional regression. In this paper, I explore the ability of these “single‐explanation” methodologies to detect the true innovation process underlying stale policy adoptions, by applying these methodologies to data generated from simulated innovation processes with known characteristics. I find that the methodologies often yield incorrect conclusions about the character of innovation. I conclude by presenting an agenda for refining a superior alternative methodology: the event history analysis approach to state policy innovation research introduced by Berry and Berry (1990
Business · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Innovation diffusion · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public economics · Public policy · State (computer science · Yield (engineering · Computer Science · Innovation Policy and RD · Policy Transfer and Learning · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Marketing
A spatial model incorporating dynamic, endogenous network interdependence
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From gray copycats to green wolves
Policy Diffusion of Performance Funding Equity Metrics
Diffusion models over the life cycle of an innovation
Winning Woman Suffrage One Step at a Time
Homeschooling and Racism
Do state laws reduce uptake of Medicaid/CHIP by U.S. citizen children in immigrant families
Crop Straw Resource Utilization as Pilot Policy in China
Determinants of Policy Diffusion in Brazil and the U.S
Punctuated shifts or incremental change? A comparative analysis of U.S. state-level renewable energy mandates
The foresight of Frontlash
Concurrent pressures of mass protests
The intermediary roles of foundations in the policy process
A combinatorial theory of institutional invention
Policy innovation, convergence and divergence
Death Penalty Exemptions for Juveniles
Across and Within State Reinvention of Workplace Drug Testing Legislation
Policy Learning and the Diffusion of Stand‐Your‐Ground Laws
The Pendulum of Precedent
Governing global policy
Finding Common Ground
Mundane cash management policies in the American states
When neighbours matter most
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Encouraging Pollution‐Free Energy
The Ties that Bind Beyond the Battlefield
Experimenting with Welfare Reform
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Merchants of Optimism
The Enactment of Reforms in State Governance of Higher Education
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Integrating Models of Diffusion of Innovations
Information and Policy Innovation in U.S. States
Land commodification andhukoupolicy innovation in China
Bottom‐Up Federalism
Tracking interdependent policymaking
Theories of Policy Diffusion Lessons from Latin American Pension Reform
Policy Networks and Innovation Diffusion
Policy Diffusion as a Geographical Expansion of the Scope of Political Conflict
Emerging Issues and Future Directions in State Policy Diffusion Research
Politics, Race, and American State Electoral Reforms after Election 2000
Climate Change Policymaking in the States
Diffusion of Complex Governance Arrangements
Politics, Fiscal Necessity, or Both? Factors Driving the Enactment of Defined Contribution Accounts for Public Employees
Policy Diffusion
Health Reform in the States
Descriptive Representation and Innovation in American Legislatures
Modeling Regional Effects on State Policy Diffusion
The role of policy narrators during crisis
Governance, Policy Innovation, and Local Economic Development in North Carolina
The Public Policy Process among Southeastern States
The Diffusion of Erin's Law
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A Multipopulation Comparison of the Diffusion of Public Organizations and Policies across Space and Time
Influences on cannabis policy design and adaptation in the American states
Playing Politics with Sex Offender Laws
The dynamic role of governments in adopting policy innovations in China
Local Government Policy Diffusion in a Decentralised System
Policy learning and science policy innovation adoption by street-level bureaucrats
The importance of salience
As the crow flies
Service Shedding in Local Governments
Interdependence in Comparative Politics
Policy Entrepreneurs and the Diffusion of Innovation
The Diffusion of Policy Diffusion Research in Political Science
Internet Connectivity of State Health Departments
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Bureaucratic politics, innovation compatibility, and the dynamic diffusion of subnational decentralization reforms in China
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Public Participation and Environmental Policy
The Adoption of State Climate Change Policies and Renewable Portfolio Standards
A Formal Model of Learning and Policy Diffusion
The People's Intervention
The Enactment of State-Level Hate Crime Law in the United States
Communication of innovations
Politics in the American States
The Adoption of Technological Innovations By Municipal Governments
Variations in Elite Perceptions of American States as Referents for Public Policy Making
Interstate Communication Among State Legislators Regarding Energy Policy Innovation
Postwar Changes in State Party Competition
Tax Innovation in the States
Leadership and Interaction Patterns in the Diffusion of Innovations Among the American States
Innovation in the States
Patterns of Adoption of Tort Law Innovations
State Lottery Adoptions as Policy Innovations
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| Unique citing works | 81 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,7 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 81 |