Social incentives and voter turnout: Evidence from the Swiss mail ballot system

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1077-1103

  Funk, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 77954940811     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea_a_00015     Document Type: Article

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