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Measuring the Impact of Anti-SLAPP Legislation on Monitoring and Enforcement

  • Bevin Ashenmiller and Catherine Shelley Norman
From the journal The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
https://doi.org/10.2202/1935-1682.2799

Abstract

We examine changes in environmental monitoring and enforcement activity in the presence of state legislation prohibiting Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP laws). Using data on the Clean Air Act from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO database, we find evidence that state inspections increase by almost 50% after a state passes anti-SLAPP legislation. In addition, we find strong evidence that the ratio of findings of noncompliance to inspections more than doubles in the presence of anti-SLAPP legislation.

Keywords: environment; law; enforcement and monitoring; Clean Air Act
Published Online: 2011-11-3

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