Does Grassroots lobbying work?: A field experiment measuring the effects of an e-mail Lobbying Campaign on legislative behavior

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-352

  Bergan, Daniel E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Grassroots lobbying; Interest groups; Lobbying; Outside lobbying; State legislatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849093352     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08326967     Document Type: Article

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