Voting may be habit-forming: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 540-550

  Gerber, Alan S ^a   Green, Donald P ^a   Shachar, Ron ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0038311655     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5907.00038     Document Type: Article

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