Partisan mail and voter turnout: Results from randomized field experiments

Electoral Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 563-579

  Gerber, A S ^a   Green, D P ^a   Green, M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaigns; Direct mail; Experiment; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CONNECTICUT; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141976819     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(02)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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