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Overview

Neal D. Woods is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple aspects of environmental policy and economics, with a focus on the intersections of social sciences and economics.

Woods's recent research outputs include the following papers:

  • An Environmental Race to the Bottom? "No More Stringent" Laws in the American States (2020), published in Publius The Journal of Federalism
  • The State of State Environmental Policy Research: A Thirty-Year Progress Report (2021), published in Review of Policy Research
  • Do green policies produce green jobs? (2022), published in Social Science Quarterly
  • Regulatory competition, administrative discretion, and environmental policy implementation (2021), published in Review of Policy Research
  • Structuring Bureaucratic Performance? Assessing the Policy Impact of Environmental Agency Design (2024), published in Sustainability

The main fields of study for Neal D. Woods include social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. Their work further delves into several subfields, notably:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Strategy and Management
  • Global and Planetary Change

Neal D. Woods addresses a range of research topics predominantly related to environmental and economic policy. Key topics include:

  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Frequent co-authors in Woods's work include Jiyoon Kang and Morgan A. Lowder. The research has appeared multiple times in venues such as Review of Policy Research, Publius The Journal of Federalism, Social Science Quarterly, Sustainability, and Water.

Best Publications

  • Interstate competition and environmental regulation : A test of the race-to-the-bottom thesis

    Neal D. Woods

  • Policy Diffusion and the Pro-innovation Bias

    Andrew Karch;Sean C. Nicholson-Crotty;Neal D. Woods;Ann O.M. Bowman

  • Dimensions of State Environmental Policies

    Matthew Potoski;Neal D. Woods

  • Measuring State Environmental Policy

    David M. Konisky;Neal D. Woods

  • Exporting Air Pollution? Regulatory Enforcement and Environmental Free Riding in the United States

    David M. Konisky;Neal D. Woods

  • Legislative Professionalism and Influence on State Agencies: The Effects of Resources and Careerism

    Neal D. Woods;Michael Baranowski

  • Designing State Clean Air Agencies: Administrative Procedures and Bureaucratic Autonomy

    Matthew Potoski;Neal D. Woods

  • Primacy Implementation of Environmental Policy in the U.S. States

    Neal D. Woods

  • Environmental Policy, Federalism, and the Obama Presidency

    David M. Konisky;Neal D. Woods

  • Gone with the Wind: Federalism and the Strategic Location of Air Polluters

    James E. Monogan;David M. Konisky;Neal D. Woods

  • Strength in Numbers: Why States Join Interstate Compacts

    Ann O'm. Bowman;Neal D. Woods

  • Promoting Participation? An Examination of Rulemaking Notification and Access Procedures

    Neal D. Woods

  • Environmental Free Riding in State Water Pollution Enforcement

    David M. Konisky;Neal D. Woods

  • The Policy Consequences of Political Corruption : Evidence from State Environmental Programs

    Neal D. Woods

  • Environmental Federalism Revisited: Second-Order Devolution in Air Quality Regulation

    Neal D. Woods;Matthew Potoski

  • Environmental Federalism and the Trump Presidency: A Preliminary Assessment

    David M Konisky;Neal D Woods

  • Regulatory Democracy Reconsidered: The Policy Impact of Public Participation Requirements

    Neal D. Woods

  • Policy Innovativeness and Interstate Compacts

    Sean C. Nicholson-Crotty;Neal D. Woods;Ann O.M. Bowman;Andrew Karch

  • Procedural Fairness and the Legitimacy of Agency Rulemaking

    Alexander I Ruder;Neal D Woods

  • Political Influence on Agency Rule Making: Examining the Effects of Legislative and Gubernatorial Rule Review Powers:

    Neal D. Woods

  • Interest Group Influence on State Administrative Rule Making The Impact of Rule Review

    Neal D. Woods

  • Blurring Borders: The Effect of Federal Activism on Interstate Cooperation

    Neal D. Woods;Ann O'm. Bowman

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Konisky
David M. Konisky Indiana University
Ann O'm. Bowman
Ann O'm. Bowman Texas A&M University
Matthew Potoski
Matthew Potoski University of California, Santa Barbara
Sean Nicholson-Crotty
Sean Nicholson-Crotty Indiana University
Ellen D. B. Riggle
Ellen D. B. Riggle University of Kentucky
Richard C. Fording
Richard C. Fording University of Alabama

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