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Able and Mostly Willing: An Empirical Anatomy of Information's Effect on Voter-Driven Accountability in Senegal*Abhit Bhandari; *Horacio Larreguy; John Marshall (2023 est.)
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Channels for Influence or Maps of Behavior? A Field Experiment on Social Networks and CooperationNoah Nathan; Paul Atwell (2022)
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Civil War and Citizens' Demand for the State: An Empirical Test of Hobbesian TheoryRobert Blair (2022)
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Deepening or Diminishing Ethnic Divides? The Impact of Urban Migration in Kenya*Eric Kramon; Sarah Baird; Joan Hamory; Edward Miguel (2022)
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Political Determinants of Economic Exchange: Evidence from a Business Experiment in Senegal*Abhit Bhandari (2022)
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Surrounded and Threatened: How Neighborhood Composition Reduces Ethnic Voting Through IntimidationTed Enamorado; Svetlana Kosterina (2022)
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Closing the Gap: Information and Mass Support in a Dominant Party RegimeMelina R Platas; Pia J. Raffler (2021)
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Colonial Education, Political Elites, and Regional Political Inequality in Africa*Joan Ricart-Huguet (2021)
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Competitive Elections, Status Anxieties, and the Relative Strength of Ethnic versus National Identification in AfricaElena Gadjanova (2021)
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Dangerous Disconnect: Voter Backlash, Elite Misperception, and the Costs of Violence as an Electoral TacticSteven C Rosenzweig (2021)
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