An Experiment Testing the Relative Effectiveness of Encouraging Voter Participation by Inducing Feelings of Pride or Shame

Political Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-422

  Gerber, Alan S ^a   Green, Donald P ^a   Larimer, Christopher W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Pride; Shame; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956180363     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9110-4     Document Type: Article

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