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Some States Take the Lead: Explaining the Formation of State Technology Policies

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  • Robert D. Atkinson

    (Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress)

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The focus on economic development has largely been a substantive one. Researchers have sought to determine what policies states are employing, which are most effective, and which policies work best in which types of regional economies. However, procedural questions regarding how state political and institutional arrangements affect the funding and design of these policies have been virtually ignored. This article presents results of a research project that examined the policy-making processes engaged by six states to determine the factors that contributed to the development of more or less effective state technology policy efforts. A number of policy-making factors were found to have a significant influence on the effectiveness of state technology efforts. States which relied on an "active stewardship" mode of policy making were able to develop more effective policy efforts than states which relied on the "business as usual" mode.

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  • Robert D. Atkinson, 1991. "Some States Take the Lead: Explaining the Formation of State Technology Policies," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 5(1), pages 33-44, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecdequ:v:5:y:1991:i:1:p:33-44
    DOI: 10.1177/089124249100500104
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    1. Ben Armstrong, 2021. "Industrial Policy and Local Economic Transformation: Evidence From the U.S. Rust Belt," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 35(3), pages 181-196, August.
    2. Sternberg, Rolf G., 1996. "Government R & D expenditure and space: empirical evidence from five industrialized countries," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 25(5), pages 741-758, August.
    3. Maryann P. Feldman & Maryellen R. Kelley & Joshua Schaff & Gabriel Farkas, 2005. "Reinforcing Interactions Between The Advanced Technology Program And The States Volume 2: Case Studies Of Technology Pioneering Start-Up Companies And Their Use Of State And Federal Programs," Urban/Regional 0508006, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Nathan A. Moore & Rachel A. Burns, 2020. "Economic Development as an Administrative Prerogative: An Event History Analysis of APLU Institutions," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 34(3), pages 242-268, August.

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