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You Get What You Pay For: Environmental Policy and Public Health

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  • Neal D. Woods
  • David M. Konisky
  • Ann O'M. Bowman

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In this article, we examine the cumulative impact of state environmental protection policies and environmental quality on the health of state residents in the United States. Using a series of path analytic models, we simultaneously analyze the effect of state environmental policies on environmental pollution and health outcomes. Our results indicate that states with stronger environmental programs have lower levels of pollution and better public health. These results are robust across multiple measures and alternative model specifications. We also find some evidence that states that assume authority to implement federal environmental programs have worse health outcomes. Our findings suggest that overall levels of public health may be affected by state choices with respect to environmental policies and highlight the importance of assessing programmatic consequences across policy areas. Copyright 2009, Oxford University Press.

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  • Neal D. Woods & David M. Konisky & Ann O'M. Bowman, 2009. "You Get What You Pay For: Environmental Policy and Public Health," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 39(1), pages 95-116, Winter.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:39:y:2009:i:1:p:95-116
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    1. Neal D Woods, 2021. "An Environmental Race to the Bottom? “No More Stringent” Laws in the American States," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 51(2), pages 238-261.
    2. Neal D. Woods, 2021. "The State of State Environmental Policy Research: A Thirty‐Year Progress Report," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 38(3), pages 347-369, May.
    3. Neal D. Woods, 2022. "Regulatory competition, administrative discretion, and environmental policy implementation," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 39(4), pages 486-511, July.
    4. Andrew R. Duggan & Douglas A. Carr & Wenli Yan, 2022. "Conditional impacts of political and fiscal factors on state environmental budgets," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 127-147, June.

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