This article explores an interesting question. Why, despite compelling evidence arguing against their effectiveness, do ever-larger incentive packages continue to be offered by the states to attract firms? Copyright 2002 by The Policy Studies Organization.

We investigate causal processes linking environmental conditions, attitudes, and policies in the American states: Is public opinion about ecology shaped by environmental conditions? Are state policymakers responsive to environmental opinions? Does public opinion respond to policy adoption?...

While there has been a turn away from positive government intervention in the economy at the national level, we have witnessed an embrace of this strategy in may of the American states. What impact, if any, have these efforts by state governments had on their economies? The paper focuses on...