A Closer Look at Eyespot Effects on Voter Turnout: Reply to Matland and Murray

Political Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 551-557

  Panagopoulos, Costas ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eyespot effects; field experiment; meta analysis; replication; social pressure; surveillance; voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933567255     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12281     Document Type: Article

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