Positive social pressure and prosocial motivation: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment on voter mobilization

Political Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-275

  Panagopoulos, Costas ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Mobilization; Positive reinforcement; Positive social pressure; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875623547     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12007     Document Type: Article

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