spread, whereas political scientists and public policy scholars usually draw on either policy diffusion or policy transfer. I … policy outcome-oriented studies should rely on policy diffusion and policy transfer, while a policy mobilities approach is …

mechanisms of policy diffusion: How and why do such policies spread across jurisdictions? In this study, we highlight the role of … elections in policy diffusion in settings where municipal elections are asynchronous due to historical reasons. First, we … empirically show the presence of policy diffusion using neighbors' election cycles as instruments for neighbors' policy adoption …