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Pollution, Politics, and Preferences for Environmental Spending in the States

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  • Adam J. Newmark
  • Christopher Witko

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While state environmental and natural resource spending is designed to address actual environmental problems, the budget process is also inherently political. Thus, in the following article we ask a simple question: to what extent does state environmental and natural resource spending respond to the scope of environmental problems in a state, versus the demands of the political process? Unlike the bulk of previous research, we consider both aggregate spending and program‐specific spending. We also consider how the severity of environmental problems and the political environment may interact to determine spending. The findings show that politics, specifically the strength of the environmental movement, is a more important determinant of state environmental spending than pollution severity. However, for some program areas, it appears that strong environmental groups make state budgets more responsive to the severity of environmental problems.

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  • Adam J. Newmark & Christopher Witko, 2007. "Pollution, Politics, and Preferences for Environmental Spending in the States," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 24(4), pages 291-308, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:24:y:2007:i:4:p:291-308
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2007.00284.x
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    1. Temirlan T. Moldogaziev & Rachel M. Krause & Gwen Arnold & Le Ahn Nguyen Long & Tatyana Ruseva & Chris Silvia & Christopher Witko, 2023. "Support for the environment post‐transition? Material concerns and policy tradeoffs," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 40(2), pages 186-206, March.
    2. Andrew R. Duggan & Douglas A. Carr & Wenli Yan, 2022. "Conditional impacts of political and fiscal factors on state environmental budgets," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 127-147, June.
    3. Chortareas, Georgios & Logothetis, Vassilis & Papandreou, Andreas, 2018. "Public Opinion, Elections, and Environmental Fiscal Policy," Cardiff Economics Working Papers E2018/9, Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School, Economics Section.
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    5. Saatvika Rai, 2020. "Policy Adoption and Policy Intensity: Emergence of Climate Adaptation Planning in U.S. States," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 37(4), pages 444-463, July.
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