Who is mobilized to vote? A re-analysis of 11 field experiments

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Arceneaux, Kevin ^a   Nickerson, David W ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 58049168680     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2008.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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