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Voter information campaigns and political accountability: Cumulative findings from a preregistered meta-analysis of coordinated trials
- View ORCID ProfileThad Dunning1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileGuy Grossman2,
- View ORCID ProfileMacartan Humphreys3,4,
- View ORCID ProfileSusan D. Hyde1,
- View ORCID ProfileCraig McIntosh5,
- View ORCID ProfileGareth Nellis6,
- View ORCID ProfileClaire L. Adida6,
- View ORCID ProfileEric Arias7,
- View ORCID ProfileClara Bicalho4,
- View ORCID ProfileTaylor C. Boas8,
- View ORCID ProfileMark T. Buntaine9,
- Simon Chauchard10,
- Anirvan Chowdhury1,
- View ORCID ProfileJessica Gottlieb11,
- View ORCID ProfileF. Daniel Hidalgo12,
- View ORCID ProfileMarcus Holmlund13,
- View ORCID ProfileRyan Jablonski14,
- Eric Kramon15,
- View ORCID ProfileHoracio Larreguy16,
- View ORCID ProfileMalte Lierl17,
- View ORCID ProfileJohn Marshall3,
- View ORCID ProfileGwyneth McClendon18,
- View ORCID ProfileMarcus A. Melo19,
- View ORCID ProfileDaniel L. Nielson20,
- View ORCID ProfilePaula M. Pickering7,
- View ORCID ProfileMelina R. Platas21,
- View ORCID ProfilePablo Querubín18,
- View ORCID ProfilePia Raffler16 and
- Neelanjan Sircar22,23
- 1Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- 2Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- 3Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
- 4WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
- 5School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- 6Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- 7Government Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
- 8Department of Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
- 9Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
- 10School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
- 11Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
- 12Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- 13Development Impact Evaluation, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
- 14Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
- 15Department of Political Science, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
- 16Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- 17Institute of African Affairs, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany.
- 18Department of Politics, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
- 19PPGA de Ciência Política, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- 20Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
- 21Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- 22Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India.
- 23Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: thad.dunning{at}berkeley.edu
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Science Advances 03 Jul 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 7, eaaw2612
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw2612
Vol. 5, no. 7, eaaw2612
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw2612
Thad Dunning
1Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Guy Grossman
2Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Macartan Humphreys
3Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
4WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
Susan D. Hyde
1Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Craig McIntosh
5School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Gareth Nellis
6Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Claire L. Adida
6Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Eric Arias
7Government Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
Clara Bicalho
4WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
Taylor C. Boas
8Department of Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Mark T. Buntaine
9Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Simon Chauchard
10School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Anirvan Chowdhury
1Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jessica Gottlieb
11Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
F. Daniel Hidalgo
12Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Marcus Holmlund
13Development Impact Evaluation, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
Ryan Jablonski
14Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Eric Kramon
15Department of Political Science, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Horacio Larreguy
16Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Malte Lierl
17Institute of African Affairs, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany.
John Marshall
3Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Gwyneth McClendon
18Department of Politics, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Marcus A. Melo
19PPGA de Ciência Política, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Daniel L. Nielson
20Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Paula M. Pickering
7Government Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
Melina R. Platas
21Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Pablo Querubín
18Department of Politics, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Pia Raffler
16Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Neelanjan Sircar
22Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India.
23Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
