State Attorneys General, Entrepreneurship, and Consumer Protection in the New Federalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6375743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Provost (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 37-53 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a004986 |
| OpenAlex | W2040176276 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
Although many scholars have acknowledged the important role of states in regulatory enforcement, few have studied the decisions of the state attorneys general to pursue particular multi-state litigation actions. State attorneys general act as political entrepreneurs because they aggressively seek out market failures in society to justify stronger regulation. Their motivation to serve the public comes from the fact that they are elected in 43 states and the office is often used as a springboard into higher political office. A probit model analyzing the decision to join seven high-profile multi-state enforcement actions that look place between 1996 and 1998 reveals that state citizen ideology and the institutional structure of the office have the strongest effects on the decision to join a case
Economics · Entrepreneurship · Federalism · Law and economics · Management · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Regulation and Compliance Studies
State Coalitions, Informational Signals, and Success as Amicus Curiae at the U.S. Supreme Court
State Solicitors General, Appellate Expertise, and State Success Before the U.S. Supreme Court
State Attorneys General, Revolving Doors and the Market for Regulatory Compliance
Institutional entrepreneurship and change in consumer protection policy in the telecommunications sector
Beyond Marble Cakes and Picket Fences
When to Befriend the Court? Examining State Amici Curiae Participation Before the U.S. Supreme Court
An Integrated Model of U.S. State Attorney General Behavior in Multi-State Litigation
Federal Dynamics in Canada, the United States, and Switzerland
Strength in Numbers
A New Measure of State Government Ideology, and Evidence that Both the New Measure and an Old Measure Are Valid
The Dual Role of State Attorneys General in American Federalism
Whither Subnational Climate Change Initiatives in the Wake of Federal Climate Legislation
Change and Continuity in the Role of State Attorneys General in the Obama and Trump Administrations
Environmental Policy and the Bush Era
State Litigation during the Obama Administration
State and Local Governance Fifteen Years Later
The Politics of Consumer Protection
Policy Entrepreneurship and Policy Change
Blurring Borders
Checks, Balances, and Thresholds
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,95 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |