How black candidates affect voter turnout

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 973-998

  Washington, Ebonya ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746654519     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.121.3.973     Document Type: Review

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