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  • 25 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52954 July 2017 Public Choice Who Will Vote Quadratically? Voter Turnout and Votes Cast Under Quadratic Voting By: Kaplow, Louis, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—Who will vote quadratically... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Nov 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake

environment on political participation by looking at turnout data. The more that young people voted in a particular county, the more likely the newcomers were also to cast a ballot. Environmental factors that shape party affiliation and... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 21 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

administration of elections. Silverthorne: You have studied voter participation and engagement in a number of countries.How does the American voting system(s) compare to those other countries in terms of encouraging turnout and protecting... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

disbursements are relatively more staggered. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14074 Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper presents a goal-oriented model... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

12, 2009): 1096-1101 Abstract No abstract is available at this time. Attitude Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Publication:Public Choice (forthcoming) Abstract This paper presents a goal-oriented model of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2016
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March 1, 2016

receiving countries. In this study, 23,800 citizens were randomly assigned to receive visits from political activists during the lead-up of the 2010 French regional elections. Treatment increased the turnout of immigrants without... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Going Negative in Political Advertising

increase the chances that we'll make a purchase. In other words, choice drives consumption. The same is true of the political marketplace. With no incumbent running in the United States, the unprecedented turnouts in primary states... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 19 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

integration into receiving countries. In this study, 23,800 citizens were randomly assigned to receive visits from political activists during the lead-up to the 2010 French regional elections. Treatment increased the turnout of immigrants... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

group. While canvassers' visits increased turnout by 1.8 percentage points, candidates had no impact on participation. Candidates increased their own vote share in the precincts they canvassed, but only at the expense of their running... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

2013 elections in Kenya, the Electoral Commission sent 11 million nonpartisan text messages to registered voters in an effort to boost electoral participation. The messages had a positive effect on turnout but also decreased trust in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

2012 French presidential election. While existing experiments randomized door-to-door visits at the individual level, the scale of this campaign (five million doors knocked) enabled randomization by precinct, the level at which vote shares are recorded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

their own work and family life strategy. Charting Your Course debuted in May 2000 when fifty alumnae, most of them from the MBA reunion classes of '81, '86 and '91, met on campus for two days. Hart, who like Welsh is a member of the HBS class of 1981, was pleased with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 15, 2016

turnout among those who would have registered anyway. On the contrary, citizens registered due to the visits became more interested in the elections, and 93% voted at least once in 2012. Overall, these results suggest that easing... View Details
  • 16 Aug 2024
  • In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

encourage voter turnout among customers, similar to Facebook's Election Day notifications or Lyft’s discounted rides to polling stations. Support election administration by donating resources such as ballot boxes, office supplies, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 17 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

States to test whether the presence of local television news affects local civic behavior. Spanish-language local television news programming was available in 25 US metro areas in 2002, up from only 14 areas in 1994. Our estimates indicate that Hispanic voter View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

home. While both types of visits increased registration, home registration visits had a higher impact than information-only visits, indicating that both information costs and administrative barriers impede registration. Home registration did not reduce View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

ostensive attempt to deter fraud that prompts complaints of selective disenfranchisement. Using a difference-in-differences design on a 1.3-billion-observations panel, we find the laws have no negative effect on registration or turnout... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

available in 25 U.S. metro areas in 2002, up from only 14 areas in 1994. Our estimates indicate that Hispanic voter turnout increased by 5 to 10 percentage points, relative to non-Hispanic voter turnout, in markets where local... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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