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14 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 1 (2005-2006)
State Competition as a Source Driving Climate Change Mitigation

handle is hein.journals/nyuev14 and id is 9 raw text is: STATE COMPETITION AS A SOURCE DRIVING CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION BARRY G. RABE* MIKAEL ROMAN** ARTHUR N. DOBELIS*** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ............................................................................ 2 II. State Climate Policy Initiatives ............................................. 8 III. Explaining Differential State Responses ............................. 12 A. The Value and Problems of the Competition Fram ew ork ...................................................................... 12 1. The Firm-State Analogy ............................................... 13 2. Analytical Benefits of the Competition Framework ........ 15 3. Competitiveness and Federal Government ................ 16 B. Parameters of Inter-state Competition .............................. 18 Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and Professor of Environmental Policy, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 1985, University of Chicago. Professor Rabe's current research examines renewable energy politics and policy, the evolution toward regional governance in many spheres of environmental policy, and the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Canada. Senior Researcher, Center for Research on Knowledge and Business Creation (FENIX), Stockholm School of Economics; Affiliate Researcher, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Department of Government, Uppsala University. Dr. Roman has worked extensively on U.S. and South American energy and climate change issues and has an interest in the implementation of climate change policies, particularly in developing countries. His current research focuses on the competitive aspects of climate change mitigation. Associate, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP; J.D., 2005, New York University School of Law; Colloquium Editor, New York University Environmental Law Journal, 2004-2005; B.A., 1997, Harvard College. I would like to thank all the participants in the 2005 New York University Environmental Law Journal Colloquium that gave rise to this issue and my coauthors for the opportunity to work with them on this article. Thanks also to Larry Hardesty and Morgan Nardinia, whose comments greatly improved this paper. Imaged with Permission from N.Y.U. Environmental Law Journal