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Regional Influences and Environmental Policymaking: a study of Acid Rain
Author(s) -
Alm Leslie R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1993.tb02163.x
Subject(s) - acid rain , environmental policy , precipitation , pollution , regionalism (politics) , political science , regression analysis , environmental science , environmental protection , natural resource economics , geography , environmental resource management , economics , ecology , meteorology , politics , biology , statistics , mathematics , law , democracy
This study uses a four‐region classification of states to investigate the impact of regionalism on the acid rain policy debate. Using multiple regression analyses and controlling for such factors as total pollution emissions, coal production, and precipitation pH, it was found that a state's activity level with respect to involvement in the acid rain policy debate was significantly influenced by both its commitment to environmental protection and its regional differentiation.