01607nam a2200193   4500999001900000008004100019100003700060245008900097260000900186300001500195520094700210650001701157700002601174700002601200773003301226906003401259942001201293952010801305  c510419d510419190816b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aEinstein, Katherine Levine98399  aCity learning: evidence of policy information diffusion from a survey of U.S. mayors  c2019  ap.243-258.  aMost studies of policy diffusion attempt to infer the processes through which policies spread by observing outputs (policy adoptions). We approach these issues from the other direction by directly analyzing a key policymaking input—information about others’ policies. Moreover, we do so by investigating policy diffusion in cities rather than states. Using a survey of U.S. mayors, more specifically, mayors’ own lists of cities they look to for ideas, we find evidence that distance, similarity, and capacity all influence the likelihood of a policy maker looking to a particular jurisdiction for policy information. We also consider whether these traits are complements or substitutes and provide some evidence for the latter. Specifically, we find that, at times, mayors eschew similarity and distance to look to highly respected “high capacity” cities but that there is no tradeoff between distance and similarity. - Reproduced.  aMayors98400  aGlick, David M.98401  aPalmer, Maxwell98402  aPolitical Research Quarterly  aPolicy making - United States  2ddccAR  00102ddc40709384354aIIPAbIIPAd2019-08-16h72(1), Mar, 2019: p.243-258.pAR120303r2019-08-16yAR