2005 STATE POLITICS AND
POLICY
CONFERENCE:
Conference Program
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THURSDAY, MAY 12: 8:00-10:00 P.M. |
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Reception (Corniche Room) |
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Drinks and Hors d'Oeuvres to Welcome
Conference Participants |
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FRIDAY, MAY 13: 7:00-8:30 A.M. |
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Breakfast: (Big Ten Room C) |
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FRIDAY, MAY 13: 8:30-10:00 A.M. |
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Panel 1A: TAXING AND SPENDING IN THE AMERICAN STATES
(Big Ten Room C)
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Chair/Discussants:
Charles Ballard,
Michigan State
University
Thomas
Hammond, Michigan State
University
Carl
Klarner, Grinnell College |
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Papers: |
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Punctuated
Equilibria and State Fiscal
Policy
Andrea
McAtee, Indiana State
University
David
Lowery, University of Leiden |
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Competitive Federalism and the Cost of
Environmental
Regulation
Neal
Woods, University of South Carolina |
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Comparative Institutional
Influences Over State Budgets In the New Millennium
Nelson Dometrius,
Texas Tech
University
Deil
Wright, University of North Carolina |
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Legislative Tax Changes: A Dynamic Panel Data
Estimation
Olugbenga
Ajilore, University of Toledo |
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FRIDAY,
MAY 13: 10:00-10:15 A.M. |
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Break (Big Ten Room C) |
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FRIDAY,
MAY 13: 10:15-11:45 A.M. |
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Panel 2A: STATE LEGISLATURES AND DIRECT DEMOCRACY (Big
Ten Room C) |
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Chair/Discussants:
Caroline Tolbert,
Kent State
University
Gerald
Wright, Indiana University |
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Papers: |
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Exploring the Conditions Under Which
Legislatures Cede Authority: Legislative
Consideration of Initiative
Mechanisms, 1893-1916
Melissa
Anderson, University of California-Berkeley |
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Leave the Rascals In? Explaining Support
for Extending Term
Limits
Janine
Parry, University of
Arkansas
Todd Donovan,
Western Washington University |
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Location Matters:
Identifying Regional Dynamics in State Electoral Institutions and Voter
Turnout Rates,
1920-2000
Melanie
Springer, Columbia University |
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The Behavior and Success of Latino
Legislators: Evidence From the
States
Kathleen
Bratton, Louisiana State University |
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FRIDAY, MAY 13: 10:15-11:45 A.M. |
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Panel 2B: INTEREST GROUPS,
LOBBYING, AND PUBLIC POLICY (Conference Room 61) |
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Chair/Discussants:
Thomas Carsey,
Florida State
University
Andrea
McAtee, Indiana State University |
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Papers: |
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Public Opinion and Interest Group
Influence: An Analysis of Policy Variation
in the American
States
Daniel
Lewis, Michigan State University |
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Coalitions
in Conflict: Competing Interests in State Medical Malpractice
Laws
Susan
Yackee, University of Michigan |
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The Impact of State Legislative
Term Limits on Lobbyists and Interest
Groups
Christopher
Mooney, University of Illinois-Springfield |
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The Initiative Process and
Interest Group Re-Registrations: An Individual-Level
Analysis
Frederick
Boehmke, University of Iowa |
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FRIDAY,
MAY 13: 12:00-1:30 P.M. |
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Lunch (Red Cedar Room AB) |
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Presentation: State Data Resources Available Through
ICPSR
Darrell
Donakowski, ICPSR, University of Michigan |
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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2005, 1:45 - 3:15 P.M. |
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Panel 3A: STATE POLICY CHOICES, POLICY COMPETITION, AND
POLICY VARIATION (Conference Room 61) |
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Chair/Discussants:
Saundra K.
Schneider, Michigan State
University
Melanie
Springer, Columbia University |
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Interstate
Competition in K-12 Education Policy: A Race to the
Top?
Mark Rom,
Georgetown
University
Richard
J. Bailey, Georgetown University |
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Partisan
Balance of State Government and Unemployment Insurance
Policy:
Taking Institutional Context into
Account
Carl
Klarner, Grinnell College |
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Analyzing the Impact of State Level
Anti-Abortion Legislation in the Post-Casey
Era
Michael J.
New, University of Alabama |
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The Impact of Welfare Reforms on
Welfare
Caseload
Eric
Yu, Columbia University |
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The Role of Race, Gender, and
Structure in State
Policymaking
D'Andra
Orey, Universrity of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Christopher
Larimer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2005, 1:45 - 3:15 P.M. |
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Panel 3B: THE IMPACT OF BALLOT INITIATIVES AND
ELECTORAL REFORM (Big Ten Room C) |
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Chair/Discussants:
Elisabeth Gerber,
University of
Michigan
Brian Silver,
Michigan State University |
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Papers: |
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Did Gay Marriage Elect George W.
Bush?
Todd
Donovan, Western Washington
University
Caroline
Tolbert, Kent State
University
Daniel
Smith, University of
Florida
Janine Parry,
University of Arkansas |
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Direct Democracy and
Political Outcomes: Progressive Policy Priorities in the
States
David
Hugh-Jones, Essex University |
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Was Rove
Right? Evangelicals and the Impact of Gay Marriage in the 2004
Election
Daniel
Smith, University of
Florida
Matt DeSantis,
University of
Florida
Jason Kassel,
University of Florida
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Reluctant
Incumbents: Partisan Conflict, Electoral Competition, and Motor Voter
Reform
Kaori
Shoji, Columbia University |
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FRIDAY,
MAY 13, 2005, 3:15 - 3:30 P.M. |
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Break (Big Ten Room C) |
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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2005, 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. |
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Panel 4A: LEGISLATIVE GOALS, REELECTIONS, AND VOTING
COALITIONS (Big Ten Room C) |
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Chair/Discussants:
James
King, University of
Wyoming
Ronald Weber,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
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Papers: |
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Explaining Bill Submissions:
Lessons from Michigan and
Minnesota
Andrew
Karch, University of Texas, Austin |
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One More Piece to Make Us Puzzle: The
Initiative Process and Legislators’ Reelection
Chances
Valentina
Bali, Michigan State
University
Belinda
Davis, Michigan State University |
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Parties and Stability in Legislative
Voting
Coalitions
Gerald
Wright, Indiana
University
Jennifer
Hayes Clark, Indiana University |
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State Party Organization and
State Party
Ideology
Daniel
J. Coffey, College of William and Mary |
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How Important are Parties?
Legislative Behavior in Partisan and Non-Partisan
Settings
Eric
Manning, University of Iowa |
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FRIDAY,
MAY 13, 2005, 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. |
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Dinner (Red Cedar Room AB) |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 7:00 - 8:30 A.M. |
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Breakfast (Big Ten Room C) |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 8:30 - 10:00 A.M. |
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Panel 5A: INSTITUTIONAL APPROVAL, POPULARITY, AND
INFLUENCE (Big Ten Room C) |
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Chair/Discussants:
Belinda
Davis, Michigan State
University
Christine
Kelleher, University of Michigan-Dearborn |
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Papers: |
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An
Analysis of the Effects of Presidential Approval
Ratings
Upon
Gubernatorial Approval
Ratings
Mitch
Herian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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Prior Political Experience and Gubernatorial
Popularity
James
King, University of
Wyoming
John Hamman,
Southern Illinois
University
Jeffrey
Cohen, Fordham University |
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Westminster on the North
Saskatchewan River: Informal Powers
and Successful Canadian
Premiers
Brendan Burke,
Bridgewater State College |
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The
Tort Litigation Lottery and Threats to the Rule of
Law
Russell
Harrison, Rutgers University |
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Making the Rules Work: Assessing the
Performance of Committee Systems in the
State Legislative Process: A
Preliminary
Assessment
Nancy
Martorano, University of
Dayton
Jeffrey
Budziak, University of Dayton |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 10:00 - 10:15 A.M. |
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Break (Big Ten Room C) |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 10:15 - 11:45 A.M. |
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Panel 6A: POLICY INNOVATION AND POLICY CHOICES (Big Ten
Room C) |
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Chair/Discussants:
Melinda
Gann Hall, Michigan State
University
Mark Rom,
Georgetown University |
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Policymaking under Conditions of
High and Low Salience: The Adoption and Design
of State Pharmaceutical
Assistance Programs
Virginia Gray,
University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill
David Lowery,
University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill
Eric Godwin,
University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
James Monogan,
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
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Developing E-Government in
the Fifty States,
2000-2004
Karen
Mossberger, Kent State
University
Caroline
Tolbert, Kent State
University
Ramona
McNeal, Kent State University |
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Felon Disenfranchisement:
Policies in the
States
Dan
Murphy, Appalachian State
University
Adam
Newmark, Appalachian State
University
Phillip
Ardoin, Appalachian State University |
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Newsgathering and Role Orientations
Among American Statehouse
Reporters
Christopher
Cooper, Western Carolina
University
Martin
Johnson, University of California-Riverside |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 10:15 - 11:45 A.M. |
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Panel 6B: STATE-LEVEL INFLUENCES ON LOCAL
POLITICS/POLICY (Room 103) |
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Chair/Discussants:
Nelson Dometrius,
Texas Tech
University
Neal Woods,
University of South Carolina |
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Papers: |
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The Expansion of the
Ohio Enterprise Zone Program: Can Poor Communities Compete?
Robert Turner,
Skidmore College
Mark
Cassell, Kent State University |
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Restructuring Local Politics:
State Intervention in Local Political Arenas
Richard Hula,
Michigan State
University
Belinda
Davis, Michigan State
University
Chelsea
Haring, Michigan State University |
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Deriving a Theoretical
Approach to Territorial Politics: 1979-1999
Fiscal Policies in
Scotland and Wales in a Broader
Context
Oleg
Kodolov, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
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Does Information Matter? The
Establishment of State-level Implementation Efforts
to
Facilitate Local Criminal Justice
Programs
Kathleen
Hale, Kent State University |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 12:00-1:30 P.M. |
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Lunch (Red Cedar Room AB) |
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Roundtable: The "Publishing Game" for Political
Scientists
Robert
Erikson, Editor, Political
Analysis
James
Headley, Editor, CQ
Press
William
G. Jacoby, Former Editor, The Journal of
Politics
Christopher
Mooney, Editor, State Politics and Policy Quarterly |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 1:45 - 3:15 P.M. |
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Panel 7A: PUBLIC OPINION, VOTER
PARTICIPATION, AND PUBLIC POLICY (Big Ten Room C) |
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Chair/Discussants:
Robert
Erikson, Columbia
University
William
G. Jacoby, Michigan State University |
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Papers: |
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Citizen
Confidence in State Governmental
Institutions
Christine
A. Kelleher, University of
Michigan-Dearborn
Jennifer
Wolak, University of Colorado |
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Institutional Effects on State Policy
Priorities
Carl
Snook, Michigan State University
Jeremy Duff, Michigan
State University |
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State Residency, State Laws, and
Public
Opinion
Barbara
Norrander, University of
Arizona
Clyde
Wilcox, Georgetown University |
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Voter Participation in State
Supreme Court Elections: Can the Electorate Judge
Quality?
Melinda
Gann Hall, Michigan State
University
Chris W.
Bonneau, University of Pittsburgh |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 3:15 - 4:00 P.M. |
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Snacks (Big Ten Room C) |
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005, 6:00 P.M. |
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Baseball: The
Lansing Lugnuts vs. the
Wisconsin Timber
Rattlers
(Transportation
arrangements to
Oldsmobile
Stadium to be announced) |
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