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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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Social Pressure and Charitable Giving in the United States

Stefano DellaVigna
John List
Ulrike Malmendier
Gautam Rao
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Strengthening Village Courts in Rural Bangladesh

Martin Mattsson
Mushfiq Mobarak
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Voting "Because Others Will Ask" in the United States

Stefano DellaVigna
John List
Ulrike Malmendier
Gautam Rao
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The Effects of Voter ID Notification on Voter Turnout in the United States

Donald Green
Morris Levy
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Non-Coercive Mobilization in State-Controlled Elections in China

Donald Green
Mei Guan
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Improving Tax Compliance through Behavioral Messages in Latvia

Julian Jamison
Nina Mazar
Iman Sen
In partnership with the Latvian tax authority, researchers tested several types of emails to investigate the effect of behaviorally-informed messages on tax compliance. Messages that aimed to deter bad behavior by highlighting taxpayers’ moral obligations towards action increased on-time tax...