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Replication data for: Into the Words: Using Statutory Text to Explore the Impact of Federal Courts on State Policy Diffusion

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Title Replication data for: Into the Words: Using Statutory Text to Explore the Impact of Federal Courts on State Policy Diffusion
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27063
 
Creator Hinkle, Rachael K.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description I examine the impact federal appellate courts have on state policy diffusion through the use of computational text analysis. Using a dyadic framework, I model the impact courts have on the decision to adopt a policy and, if adopted, how much text to borrow directly from another state's preexisting law. A court decision ruling a statute unconstitutional can generate up to a 28% relative reduction in the probability of adoption, and a ruling of constitutionality can more than double the amount of borrowed text. These findings shed light on how states learn from one another.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Policy diffusion
Automated text analysis
Federal courts
Policy emulation
 
Contributor Rachael K. Hinkle