I argue that if citizens systematically underestimate what their government can and should do for them, then they will hold politicians to a lower standard and sanction poor performers less often. A f
Voter turnout theories based on rational self-interested behavior generally fail to predict significant turnout unless they account for the utility that citizens receive from performing their civic du
Here we archive the data needed to replicate the results from our article 'A Cash Lottery Increases Voter Turnout.\" The data was provided by the Student Affairs Technology Services at the University
We analyze the results of a neighbor-to-neighbor, grassroots get-out-the-vote (GOTV) drive in Virginia, in which unpaid volunteers were encouraged to contact at least three nearby registered voters wh
Code and log files for "Who is mobilized to vote by short text messages? Evidence from a nationwide field experiment with young voters" using proprietary administrative data.
