Enhancing a geographic regression discontinuity design through matching to estimate the effect of ballot initiatives on voter turnout

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 223-239

  Keele, Luke ^a   Titiunik, Rocío ^b   Zubizarreta, José R ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ballot initiative; Matching; Regression discontinuity design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916598886     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12056     Document Type: Article

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