Estimating Causal Effects of Ballot Order from a Randomized Natural Experiment The California Alphabet Lottery, 1978–2002

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  2008

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  Public Opinion Quarterly

• Publication date

  2008-06-20

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  Political Science

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  DOI 10.1093/POQ/NFN018
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