Clean Air Federalism: Do States Race to the Bottom?

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Horizontal Diffusion, Vertical Diffusion, and Internal Pressure in State Environmental Policymaking, 1989-1998 (2005, methodology): “…no data available that document membership in business interest groups for all 50 states.6 Given these data limitations, previous scholars interested in the concept of industrial group strength have also relied upon similar proxies (Potoski, 2001; Ringquist, 1993, 1994; Williams & Matheny, 1984).”
Kindred spirits or intergovernmental competition? The innovation and diffusion of energy policies in the American states (1990–2008) (2014, background): “In contrast, Potoski (2001) finds that states race to the top in air quality.”