Do phone calls increase voter turnout? A field experiment

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-85

  Gerber, Alan S ^a   Green, Donald P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035532596     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320038     Document Type: Review

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