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Voter information campaigns and political accountability: Cumulative findings from a preregistered meta-analysis of coordinated trials
- Thad Dunning1,*,
- Guy Grossman2,
- Macartan Humphreys3,4,
- Susan D. Hyde1,
- Craig McIntosh5,
- Gareth Nellis6,
- Claire L. Adida6,
- Eric Arias7,
- Clara Bicalho4,
- Taylor C. Boas8,
- Mark T. Buntaine9,
- Simon Chauchard10,
- Anirvan Chowdhury1,
- Jessica Gottlieb11,
- F. Daniel Hidalgo12,
- Marcus Holmlund13,
- Ryan Jablonski14,
- Eric Kramon15,
- Horacio Larreguy16,
- Malte Lierl17,
- John Marshall3,
- Gwyneth McClendon18,
- Marcus A. Melo19,
- Daniel L. Nielson20,
- Paula M. Pickering7,
- Melina R. Platas21,
- Pablo Querubín18,
- Pia 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
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Guy Grossman
Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Macartan Humphreys
Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
Susan D. Hyde
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Craig McIntosh
School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Gareth Nellis
Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Claire L. Adida
Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Eric Arias
Government Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
Clara Bicalho
WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
Taylor C. Boas
Department of Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Mark T. Buntaine
Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Simon Chauchard
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Anirvan Chowdhury
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jessica Gottlieb
Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
F. Daniel Hidalgo
Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Marcus Holmlund
Development Impact Evaluation, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
Ryan Jablonski
Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Eric Kramon
Department of Political Science, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Horacio Larreguy
Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Malte Lierl
Institute of African Affairs, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany.
John Marshall
Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Gwyneth McClendon
Department of Politics, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Marcus A. Melo
PPGA de Ciência Política, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Daniel L. Nielson
Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Paula M. Pickering
Government Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
Melina R. Platas
Division of Social Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Pablo Querubín
Department of Politics, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Pia Raffler
Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Neelanjan Sircar
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India.Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
