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Combating Vote-Selling in the Philippines

Allen Hicken
Stephen Leider
Nico Ravanilla
Dean Yang
A group of people in Nigeria enters a polling station

The Indirect Effects of a Campaign Against Electoral Violence in Nigeria

Marcel Fafchamps
Pedro Vicente
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Nigeria to determine whether a campaign against electoral violence could spread through social networks to affect the perceptions and behaviors not only of the individuals targeted by the campaign but also others to whom they have social ties. The...
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The Effect of Prepaid Postage on Voter Turnout in the United States

Donald Green
Andrew Healy
Neil Malhotra
Melissa Michelson
Allison Carnegie Sovey
Ali Adam Valenzuela
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The Value of Regulatory Discretion: Estimates from Environmental Inspections in India

Esther Duflo
Michael Greenstone
Rohini Pande
Nick Ryan

Improving Electoral Integrity with Information and Communications Technology in Uganda

Michael Callen
Clark Gibson
Danielle Jung
James Long

Researchers sent letters to polling stations announcing smartphone vote-tally audits to evaluate the impact of audits on electoral irregularities such as non-adherence to transparency regulations and falsified vote tallies. Relative to a comparison group, letters increased the number of polling...

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Local Leadership and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods in Bolivia

Kelsey Jack
María P. Recalde
Man feed ballot into ballot box while volunteers help voters in background

Radio Public Service Announcements and Voter Participation Among Native Americans in the United States

Donald Green
Eline A de Rooij

Can media campaigns increase voter turnout among those underrepresented in the electorate? Researchers randomly assigned areas covered by Native American radio programming to either receive or not receive targeted radio messaging encouraging listeners to vote in the 2008 and 2010 US elections. The...

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Do Robotic Calls from Credible Sources Influence Voter Turnout or Vote Choice?

Alan Gerber
James G. Gimpel
Donald Green
Daron R. Shaw