Customization after Copycatting? How Institutions Can Respond to Cut and Paste Lawmaking

• In Event: Advances in Diffusion Analytics for Public Policy Research: Text Analysis and Beyond

Brief Overview

We study legislative amendments to copycat laws and regulatory code pertaining their implemented. We investigate whether enhanced professionalization leads to a better fit with constituents' needs.

Authors

• Srinivas Parinandi, University of Colorado Boulder

• Jack W Nickelson, University of Colorado Boulder