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Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience
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Accountability has become a buzzword in international development. Development actors appear to delight in announcing their intention to…
Please note this paper has been archived. Please see RWP12-055 for the latest revised version.
Original abstract: In a world of imperfect…
We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined…