Noncoercive mobilization in state-controlled elections: An experimental study in Beijing

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1175-1193

  Guan, Mei ^a   Green, Donald P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese politics; Experiments; Voter mobilization; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750343290     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005284377     Document Type: Article

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