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State-Federal Diffusion and Policy Learning: From Enterprise Zones to Empowerment Zones

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There is little empirical evidence on whether the federal government learns from policy experimentation in the states, the “laboratories of democracy. ” Interviews with participants involved in formulating the federal Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities program offer evidence of limited policy learning from state enterprise zones. Respondents were aware of general trends and drew a few general conclusions, rather than borrowing from any particular state. None of the federal policymakers conducted an active search for information about the state zones, but state and federal organizations served as channels of information about the state programs. This finding suggests that such organizations assist state-federal diffusion as well as interstate diffusion of policy ideas. Copyright , Oxford University Press.

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  • Karen Mossberger, 0. "State-Federal Diffusion and Policy Learning: From Enterprise Zones to Empowerment Zones," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 29(3), pages 31-50.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:29:y::i:3:p:31-50
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    1. Culpepper, Pepper D., 2000. "The Sources of Policy Innovation: Sub-National Constraints on Negotiated Reform," Working Paper Series rwp00-014, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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