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  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

forthcoming American Political Science Review Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France By: Braconnier, Céline, Jean-Yves Dormagen, and Vincent Pons Abstract—A large-scale randomized experiment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

while turnout was roughly equal in the control group. A postelectoral survey reveals that immigrants initially had less political information, which could explain the heterogeneous impact. Although the effect decays over subsequent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

elections. Overall, activists supporting the Parti Socialiste's candidate knocked on five million doors. Visits did not affect voter turnout but increased Hollande's vote share in the first round at the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50752 Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France By: Braconnier, Celine, Jean-Yves Dormagen, and Vincent Pons Abstract—A large-scale... View Details
  • 19 Apr 2016
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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... 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 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

Five-Minute Discussion Change Your Mind? A Countrywide Experiment on Voter Choice in France By: Pons, Vincent Abstract—This paper provides the first estimate of the effect of door-to-door canvassing on actual electoral outcomes, via a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Feb 2019
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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

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