How Not to Increase Participation in Local Government: The Advantages of Experiments When Testing Policy Interventions

Public Administration Review

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 131-139

  Arceneaux, Kevin ^a   Butler, Daniel M ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84929260244     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12387     Document Type: Article

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