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Executive Actors and Environmental Enforcement: Examining the “Rick Scott Effect” in the U.S. State of Florida

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  • Michael J. Lynch
  • Joshua Ozymy
  • Melissa Jarrell

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Executive actors wield power within a principal–agent structure, where they compete with multiple political actors and administrative agencies to influence environmental enforcement outcomes. While the U.S. states make for an excellent laboratory to explore this phenomenon, a lack of quality enforcement data and the multifaceted dynamics of control makes it difficult to study these relationships. Using data on the number of environmental cases opened, sanctioned, and penalized by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2005–15, this article takes advantage of a natural experiment in the U.S. state of Florida to explore the influence of an anti‐environmental governor on environmental enforcement outcomes. While we make no claims that Governor Rick Scott caused the precipitous decline in enforcement outcomes we witness pre‐ and post‐Scott, results demonstrate, descriptively, the influence executive actors can have on environmental enforcement outcomes in the state. 执行官员在委托代理机制内行使权力,与诸多政治参与者和行政机构竞争,从而影响环境执法结果。虽然美国各州为探索这一现象打造了一个出色的实验室,但由于缺乏有效的执法数据和控制的多方面动态,很难对这些关系进行研究。本文引用了2005‐2015年间佛罗里达州环境保护部门提起、制裁和处罚的环境案件数据,通过分析美国佛罗里达州的一个自然实验,探讨反环境保护主义州长对环境执法结果的影响。虽然我们没有声称佛罗里达州州长里克·斯科特导致了执法成效的急剧下降,但我们在斯科特上任前后目睹了这一结果。该研究细致地描述了执行官员对该州环境执法结果产生的影响。 Los actores ejecutivos ejercen el poder dentro de una estructura de agente principal, donde compiten con múltiples actores políticos y agencias administrativas para influir en los resultados de cumplimiento ambiental. Si bien los estados de EE. UU. Constituyen un excelente laboratorio para explorar este fenómeno, la falta de datos de cumplimiento de la calidad y la dinámica de control multifacética dificultan el estudio de estas relaciones. Utilizando datos sobre la cantidad de casos ambientales abiertos, sancionados y penalizados por el Departamento de Protección Ambiental de la Florida, 2005‐15, este artículo aprovecha un experimento natural en el estado de Florida de los EE. UU. Para explorar la influencia de un gobernador anti ambiental en los resultados del cumplimiento con el medio ambiente. Si bien no hacemos afirmaciones de que el Gobernador Rick Scott causó el declive abrupto en los resultados de cumplimiento de la ley que presenciamos antes o después de Scott, los resultados demuestran, de manera descriptiva, la influencia que los actores ejecutivos pueden tener en los resultados de cumplimiento ambiental en el estado.

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  • Michael J. Lynch & Joshua Ozymy & Melissa Jarrell, 2019. "Executive Actors and Environmental Enforcement: Examining the “Rick Scott Effect” in the U.S. State of Florida," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 36(3), pages 395-413, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:36:y:2019:i:3:p:395-413
    DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12327
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