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The Persuasive Effects of Televised Campaign Ads

Alan Gerber
James G. Gimpel
Donald Green
Daron R. Shaw
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Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections in the United States

Alan Gerber
Donald Green
David W. Nickerson
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Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France

Guillaume Liegey
Vincent Pons

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a general voter outreach effort on the political participation of immigrants relative to participation of non-immigrants. The canvassing treatment increased voter turnout of immigrants without affecting turnout of non-immigrants.

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Impacts of Nonpartisan Political Information on Electoral Accountability in Mexico

Jose Ramon Enriquez
Horacio Larreguy
John Marshall
Alberto Simpser
Leveraging the increasingly widespread use of social media, researchers conducted a large-scale randomized evaluation to test the direct and indirect impact on electoral accountability of a nonpartisan information campaign delivered via Facebook ads during the 2018 Mexican municipal elections...
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The Impact of Homogeneity on Team Productivity in Kenya

Benjamin Marx
Vincent Pons
Tavneet Suri
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Donor Response to Aid Effectiveness in a Direct Mail Fundraising Experiment in the United States

Dean Karlan
Daniel H. Wood
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Using Technology to Promote Electoral Participation in South Africa

Karen Ferree
Clark Gibson
Danielle Jung
James Long
Craig McIntosh
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Self-Prophecy Effects and Voter Turnout in the United States

Alan Gerber
Anton Orlich
Jennifer K. Smith