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The Mechanisms of Policy Diffusion

Shipan, Charles R., Volden, Craig·2008·American Journal of Political Science

DOI 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2008.00346.x

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Local policy adoptions provide an excellent opportunity to test among potential mechanisms of policy diffusion. By examining three types of antismoking policy choices by the 675 largest U.S. cities between 1975 and 2000, we uncover robust patterns of policy diffusion, yielding three key findings. First, we distinguish among and find evidence for four mechanisms of policy diffusion: learning from earlier adopters, economic competition among proximate cities, imitation of larger cities, and coercion by state governments. Second, we find a temporal component to these effects, with imitation being a more short‐lived diffusion process than the others. Third, we show that these mechanisms are conditional, with larger cities being better able to learn from others, less fearful of economic spillovers, and less likely to rely on imitation .

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Authors: Shipan, C. R., & Volden, C.
Affiliations: University of Michigan (US)
The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author: Shipan, Charles R.
Volden, Craig
ORCID: Shipan, Charles R.
Volden, Craig
Venue: American Journal of Political Science
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2008-09-29
Volume: 52
Issue: 4
Pages: 840-857
ISSN: 0092-5853 (ISSN-L)
1540-5907
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2008.00346.x
OpenAlex: W1986486185
Cited by: 1,369
References: 63
Citations by year: 2026: 133 · 2025: 114 · 2024: 103 · 2023: 104 · 2022: 94 · 2021: 130 · 2020: 94 · 2019: 96 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 68 · 2016: 75 · 2015: 81 · 2014: 57 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 40
FWCI: 142.92
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: American Journal of Political Science (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policy Transfer and Learning
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
Keywords: policy diffusion, anti-smoking policy, smoking bans, cities, market competition, imitation, state coercion, city size, diffusion mechanism

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