Putting the party back into politics: An experiment testing whether election day festivals increase voter turnout

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 721-727

  Addonizio, Elizabeth M ^a   Green, Donald P ^a   Glaser, James M ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yale University ^*

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EID: 34948866806     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096507071168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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