STATE EXPENDITURES AND POLICY OUTCOMES IN ENVIRONMENTAL-PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Comparative state environmental research seeks to explain the factors contributing to intergovernmental environmental management. In pursuin g the answer to this query, researchers have relied on either fiscal ( expenditures) or nonfiscal (ranking) measures of stare environmental e ffort. Respecting the debate surrounding state policy outputs and fisc al versus nonfiscal measures, we evaluate comprehensive state environm ental management comparing spending and ranking measures in our analys is. Though pronounced differences do exist between the two models, we find pollution and state size to be the primary factors affecting a st ate's environmental effort no matter which measure is used.