A Geographical Analysis of the Innovativeness of States

Previous research has indicated that emulation is one factor in the spread of policies among the American states. A network analysis was undertaken to identify the possible direct effects of innovative states on their neighbors as well as possible indirect influences on non-contiguous states. The re...

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Published in:Economic geography 1988-04, Vol.64 (2), p.137-146
Main Authors: Huff, David L., Lutz, James M., Srivastava, Rajendra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
America
Bgi / Prodig
Early adopters
Economic legislation
Education legislation
Environmental law
Forestry legislation
Human geography
Innovation adoption
Innovation diffusion
Neighborhoods
Occupational licensing
Regulatory legislation
United States of America
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Summary:Previous research has indicated that emulation is one factor in the spread of policies among the American states. A network analysis was undertaken to identify the possible direct effects of innovative states on their neighbors as well as possible indirect influences on non-contiguous states. The resulting network indicates that some states are leaders for their neighbors and also appear to have additional effects of an indirect nature on more distant states. Cither states appear to serve as transmitters of the propensity to adopt policies from more innovative states.
ISSN:0013-0095
1944-8287
DOI:10.2307/144120