Do Robotic Calls From Credible Sources Influence Voter Turnout or Vote Choice? Evidence From a Randomized Field Experiment

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 231-245

  Shaw, Daron R ^a   Green, Donald P ^b   Gimpel, James G ^c   Gerber, Alan S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

field experiment; persuasion; source credibility; voter mobilization; voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869790911     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377857.2012.724305     Document Type: Article

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