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The Persuasive Effects of Televised Campaign Ads

Alan Gerber
James G. Gimpel
Donald Green
Daron R. Shaw
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Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout in the United States?

Alan Gerber
Donald Green
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Belief Formation of Risks of Arsenic in Bangladesh

Lori Bennear
Alexander van Geen
Alexander Pfaff
H. B. Soumya
Alessandro Tarozzi
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Personality Traits and Responses to Persuasive Appeals among Voters in the United States

David Doherty
Conor M. Dowling
Alan Gerber
Gregory A. Huber
Costas Panagopoulos
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Donor Response to Aid Effectiveness in a Direct Mail Fundraising Experiment in the United States

Dean Karlan
Daniel H. Wood
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Default Effects and Follow-On Behavior: Evidence From An Electricity Pricing Program

Patrick Baylis
Peter Cappers
Meredith Fowlie
C. Anna Spurlock
Catherine Wolfram
Researchers partnered with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California to evaluate the effects of a variety of enrollment schemes in time-varying pricing plans on electricity consumption. Results show that households which were enrolled in time-varying pricing plans by default tended to...
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The Impact of a Sports for Development Program on Youth Employment in Liberia

Lori Beaman
Sylvan Herskowitz
Niall Keleher
Jeremy Magruder
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The Impact of Subsidies on the Demand for Electrification in Rural Kenya

Kenneth Lee
Edward Miguel
Catherine Wolfram
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of offering subsidies to connect to the power grid on the demand for rural electrification in Kenya. The study finds that demand falls rapidly as connection price increases, and that supply costs are very high.