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Estimating the causal effects of policy information on voter turnout (pdf 249k)

Political scientists since Anthony Downs (1957) have hypothesized that more policy information leads to a higher voter turnout. To empirically test this hypothesis, an Internet-based randomized field experiment was conducted during Japan's 2004 Upper House election.

Resource link:
http://apseg.anu.edu.au/ degrees/pogo/discussion_papers/ PDP05-4.pdf
Source: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (http://www.idea.int/)
Added to ADG on: 30 March 2005 , contributed by: Utah Nirvana, APSEG
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