Alan Gerber

Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Box 208269

New Haven, DC 06520-8269

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1.

Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions

Yale Economic Applications and Policy Discussion Paper No. 12
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 May 2006
Alan Gerber, Dean S. Karlan, Dean S. Karlan and Daniel Bergan
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale UniversityNorthwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Yale University
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media, newspapers, voting, information, public opinion, field experiment

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Personality Traits and the Dimensions of Political Ideology

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jun 2009
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, Shang E. Ha, Conor Dowling and David Doherty
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College - CUNY, Yale University and Yale University
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personality, Big Five, ideology, social conservatism, economic conservatism

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Personality and Political Behavior

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Jun 2009
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, Connor Raso and Shang E. Ha
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Independent and Brooklyn College - CUNY
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personality, Big Five, political behavior, partisanship, voting

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The Underprovision of Experiments in Political Science

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 589, pp. 94-112, 2003
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2009
Donald P. Green and Alan Gerber
Columbia University and Yale University - Department of Political Science
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Field experiments, randomization, research methods, political behavior

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Using Battleground States as a Natural Experiment to Test Theories of Voting

APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2009
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, Conor Dowling, David Doherty, Nicole Schwartzberg and Nicole Schwartzberg
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University, Yale University and University of California, Berkeley, School of LawYale University - Department of Political Science
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Combining Double Sampling and Bounds to Address Non-Ignorable Missing Outcomes in Randomized Experiments

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2016
Alexander Coppock, Alan Gerber, Donald P. Green and Holger L. Kern
Independent, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University and Florida State University - Department of Political Science
Downloads 244 (208,554)
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causal inference, experiments, missing data, bounds, ignorability

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Reassessing the Effects of Personality on Political Attitudes and Behaviors: Aggregate Relationships and Subgroup Differences

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Jun 2009
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, David Doherty and Conor Dowling
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University and Yale University
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personality, Big Five, political behavior, ideology, partisanship

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Is There a Secret Ballot? Ballot Secrecy Perceptions and their Implications for Voting Behavior

APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2009
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, David Doherty and Conor Dowling
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University and Yale University
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Partisan Bias in Factual Beliefs About Politics

NBER Working Paper No. w19080
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 01 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2023
John G. Bullock, Alan Gerber, Seth Hill and Gregory Huber
Northwestern University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and Yale University - Department of Political Science
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Descriptive Social Norms and Motivation to Vote: Everybody’s Voting and so Should You

The Journal of Politics, 2009
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 May 2011
Alan Gerber and Todd Rogers
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Doctor Knows Best: Physician Endorsements, Public Opinion, and the Politics of Comparative Effectiveness Research

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2014
Alan Gerber, Eric Patashnik, Eric Patashnik, David Doherty and Conor Dowling
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Brown University - Department of Political ScienceWatson Institute, Brown University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Yale University
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comparative effectiveness research, health care reform, medical profession, public opinion

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Zero Credit Policymaking: Governmental Performance, Partisan Polarization and the Politics of Evidence-Based Medicine

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2010
Alan Gerber, Eric Patashnik and Eric Patashnik
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Brown University - Department of Political ScienceWatson Institute, Brown University
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The Persuasive Effects of Direct Mail: a Regression Discontinuity Approach

NBER Working Paper No. w14206
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2022
Alan Gerber, Daniel P. Kessler and Marc N. Meredith
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Independent
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Does Church Attendance Cause People to Vote? Using Blue Laws' Repeal to Estimate the Effect of Religiosity on Voter Turnout

NBER Working Paper No. w14303
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022
Alan Gerber, Jonathan Gruber and Daniel M. Hungerman
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Notre Dame
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Party Affiliation, Partisanship, and Political Beliefs: A Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w15365
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber and Ebonya L. Washington
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science and Yale University - Department of Economics
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Do Perceptions of Ballot Secrecy Influence Turnout? Results from a Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w17673
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, David Doherty, Conor Dowling and Seth J Hill
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Loyola University of Chicago, Yale University and Yale University - Institution for Social and Policy Studies
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One in a Million: Field Experiments on Perceived Closeness of the Election and Voter Turnout

NBER Working Paper No. w23071
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2023
Alan Gerber, Mitchell Hoffman, John Morgan and Collin Raymond
Yale University - Department of Political Science, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Amherst College
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Partisan Bias in Factual Beliefs about Politics

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2014
John G. Bullock, Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber and Seth Hill
Northwestern University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science

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The Big Five Personality Traits in the Political Arena

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 14, pp. 265-287, 2011
Posted: 12 May 2011
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, David Doherty and Conor Dowling
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University and Yale University

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Personality Traits and the Consumption of Political Information

American Politics Research, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 32-84, 2011
Posted: 07 Jan 2011
Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, David Doherty and Conor Dowling
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Yale University and Yale University

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personality traits, Big Five, political interest, political knowledge, news consumption, social psychology

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A Cautionary Note on the Use of Matching to Estimate Causal Effects: An Empirical Example Comparing Matching Estimates to an Experimental Benchmark

Sociological Methods & Research, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 256-282, 2010
Posted: 07 Jan 2011
Kevin Arceneaux, Alan Gerber and Donald P. Green
Temple University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science and Columbia University

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Causal inference, Matching, Voter mobilization, Bias

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Baseline, Placebo, and Treatment: Efficient Estimation for Three-Group Experiments

Political Analysis, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 297-315, 2010
Posted: 05 Jan 2011
Alan Gerber, Donald P. Green, Edward H. Kaplan and Holger L. Kern
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University, Yale School of Management and Florida State University - Department of Political Science

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Field Experiment, Three-Group Design, Voter Turnout

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An Experiment Testing the Relative Effectiveness of Encouraging Voter Participation by Inducing Feelings of Pride or Shame

Political Behavior, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 409-422, 2010
Posted: 05 Jan 2011
Alan Gerber, Donald P. Green and Christopher W. Larimer
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University and University of Northern Iowa

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Field Experiment, Voter Turnout, Social Pressure

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The Enduring Effects of Social Pressure: Tracking Campaign Experiments Over a Series of Elections

Political Behavior, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 423-430, 2010
Posted: 05 Jan 2011
Tiffany Davenport, Alan Gerber, Donald P. Green, Christopher W. Larimer, Christopher Mann and Costas Panagopoulos
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Yale University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University, University of Northern Iowa, University of Miami and Fordham University

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Field Experiment, Social Pressure, Voter Turnout

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Partisan Bias in Responses to Factual Questions

Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Posted: 29 Mar 2010
John G. Bullock, Alan Gerber and Gregory Huber
Northwestern University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Partisanship, Political Control, and Economic Assessments

American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 153-173, 2010
Posted: 27 Jan 2010
Alan Gerber and Gregory Huber
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Partisanship, economic assessment, economic behavior

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Partisanship and Economic Behavior: Do Partisan Differences in Economic Forecasts Predict Real Economic Behavior?

American Political Science Review, Vol. 103, pp. 407-426, 2009
Posted: 26 Jan 2010
Alan Gerber and Gregory Huber
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Partisanship, assessment of economic performance, economic decisions, economic behavior, presidential elections

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Testing the Accuracy of Regression Discontinuity Analysis Using Experimental Benchmarks

Political Analysis, Vol. 17, Issue 4, pp. 400-417, 2009
Posted: 09 Oct 2009
Donald P. Green, Terence Y. Leong, Holger L. Kern, Alan Gerber and Christopher W. Larimer
Columbia University, Analyst Institute, Florida State University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science and University of Northern Iowa

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Field Experiments on Political Behavior and Collective Action

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Field Experiments on Political Behavior and Collective Action

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 12, June 2009
Posted: 08 Aug 2009
Eline A. de Rooij, Donald P. Green and Alan Gerber
University of Oxford, Columbia University and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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collective action, randomized trials, voter mobilization

Field Experiments on Political Behavior and Collective Action

Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Eline A. de Rooij, Donald P. Green and Alan Gerber
University of Oxford, Columbia University and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Does Campaign Spending Work?: Field Experiments Provide Evidence and Suggest New Theory

American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 541-574, 2004
Posted: 21 Jan 2009
Alan Gerber
Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Field experiment, Campaigns, Campaign spending, Campaign finance, Randomization

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Voting May Be Habit-Forming: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 540-550, 2003
Posted: 21 Jan 2009
Alan Gerber, Donald P. Green and Ron Shachar
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University and Reichman University

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Field experiment, Randomization, Voting turnout, Voting mobilization, Elections

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Personal Income and Attitudes Toward Redistribution: A Study of Lottery Winners

Political Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 441-458, 2006
Posted: 13 Jan 2009
Daniel Doherty, Alan Gerber and Donald P. Green
Independent, Yale University - Department of Political Science and Columbia University

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Income, Econommic Self-Interest, Political Attitudes, Randomization

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Comparing Experimental and Matching Methods Using a Large-Scale Voter Mobilization Experiment

Political Analysis, Vol. 14, pp. 37-62, 2006
Posted: 10 Jan 2009
Kevin Arceneaux, Alan Gerber and Donald P. Green
Temple University - Department of Political Science, Yale University - Department of Political Science and Columbia University

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Field Experiments, Randomization, Matching, Methodology, GOTV, Voter mobilization, Voter Turnout

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Recent Advances in the Science of Voter Mobilization

ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 601, pp. 6-9, 2005
Posted: 08 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2009
Donald P. Green and Alan Gerber
Columbia University and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Field Experiment, randomization, methodology, GOTV

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Correction to Gerber and Green (2000), Replication of Disputed Findings, and Reply to Imai (2005)

American Political Science Review, Vol. 99, No. 2, pp. 301-313, 2005
Posted: 04 Jan 2009
Alan Gerber and Donald P. Green
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Columbia University

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field experiments, randomization, GOTV, voter mobilization, voter turnout, methodology

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Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout? An Update

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 601, pp. 142-154, 2005
Posted: 04 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2009
Alan Gerber and Donald P. Green
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Columbia University

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Field Experiment, Randomization, GOTV, Voter Mobilization, Voter Turnout

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Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections: Results from Six Door-to-Door Canvassing Experiments

The Journal of Politics, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 1083-1096, 2003
Posted: 22 Dec 2008
Donald P. Green, Alan Gerber and David Nickerson
Columbia University, Yale University - Department of Political Science and University of Notre Dame

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GOTV, field experiment, randomization, voter turnout, voter mobilization, local elections

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Partisan Mail and Voter Turnout: Results From Randomized Field Experiments

Electoral Studies, Vol. 22, pp. 563-579, 2003
Posted: 19 Dec 2008
Alan Gerber, Donald P. Green and Matthew Green
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University and Independent

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GOTV, field experiment, randomization, voter mobilization, voter turnout, direct mail, US elections

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Testing for Publication Bias in Political Science

Political Analysis, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 385-392, 2001
Posted: 19 Dec 2008
Alan Gerber, Donald P. Green and David Nickerson
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University and University of Notre Dame

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Publication bias, methodology, statistical significance, effect size, voter mobilization, field experiment

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The Downstream Benefits of Experimentation

Political Analysis, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 394-402, 2002
Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Donald P. Green and Alan Gerber
Columbia University and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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field experiments, randomization, downstream analysis, indirect effects, methodology

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Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout? A Field Experiment

Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 65, pp. 75-85, 2001
Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Alan Gerber and Donald P. Green
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Columbia University

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GOTV, field experiment, randomization, voter turnout, voter mobilization, phone calls

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The Effects of Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment

American Political Science Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, pp.653-663, 2000
Posted: 11 Dec 2008
Alan Gerber and Donald P. Green
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Columbia University

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GOTV, field experiment, randomization, voter mobilization, voter turnout

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The Effect of a Nonpartisan Get-Out-the-Vote Drive: An Experimental Study of Leafletting

Journal of Politics, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp.846-857, 2000
Posted: 11 Dec 2008
Alan Gerber and Donald P. Green
Yale University - Department of Political Science and Columbia University

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GOTV, field experiment, randomization, voter mobilization, voter turnout

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Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

American Political Science Review, Vol. 102, No. 1, pp. 33-48, 2008
Posted: 11 Dec 2008
Alan Gerber, Donald P. Green and Christopher W. Larimer
Yale University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University and University of Northern Iowa

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GOTV, field experiment, randomization, voter turnout, voter mobilization, social pressure