A Strategic Theory of Policy Diffusion via Intergovernmental Competition

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Mandate Versus Championship: Vertical government intervention and diffusion of innovation in public services in authoritarian China (2014, background): “On the other hand, some scholars argue that the incentives of political competition for federal office of local officials and the pressure of ‘location choices’ of residents can offset the risk-averse preference and freeriding, and that the political process in federalist structures continues to pre”
Kindred spirits or intergovernmental competition? The innovation and diffusion of energy policies in the American states (1990–2008) (2014, background): “We expect some policies to diffuse across state lines due to intergovernmental competition (Baybeck et al. 2011). According to this theory, states strategically compete for locational choices made by individuals and firms, including business investment decisions and consumer behaviour. Several recen”