Volunteer phone calls can increase turnout: Evidence from eight field experiments

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-292

  Nickerson, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Election campaigns; Field experiments; Natural experiments; Phone banks; Political participation; Voter turnout; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646178709     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X05275923     Document Type: Article

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