| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w17673 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 17673 |
| Do Perceptions of Ballot Secrecy Influence Turnout? Results from a Field Experiment | |
| Alan S. Gerber; Gregory A. Huber; David Doherty; Conor M. Dowling; Seth J. Hill | |
| 发表日期 | 2011-12-15 |
| 出版年 | 2011 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Although the secret ballot has long been secured as a legal matter in the United States, formal secrecy protections are not equivalent to convincing citizens that they may vote privately and without fear of reprisal. We present survey evidence that those who have not previously voted are particularly likely to voice doubts about the secrecy of the voting process. We then report results from a field experiment where we provided registered voters with information about ballot secrecy protections prior to the 2010 general election. We find that these letters increased turnout for registered citizens without records of previous turnout, but did not appear to influence the behavior of citizens who had previously voted. These results suggest that although the secret ballot is a long-standing institution in the United States, providing basic information about ballot secrecy can affect the decision to participate to an important degree. |
| 主题 | Public Economics ; Other ; Culture |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w17673 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575348 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Alan S. Gerber,Gregory A. Huber,David Doherty,et al. Do Perceptions of Ballot Secrecy Influence Turnout? Results from a Field Experiment. 2011. |
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