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Close Elections

Close Elections is a political science construct that denotes an electoral contest in which the vote share difference between the leading candidates is sufficiently narrow to increase the perceived likelihood of voter influence, thereby potentially enhancing voter turnout.

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210

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159

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2017–2026

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Publications

127

What Affects Innovation More: Policy or Policy Uncertainty?

Utpal Bhattacharya, Po‐Hsuan Hsu, Xuan Tian et al. · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis · 2017 · 624 citations

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Congressional Elections: The Case of the Vanishing Marginals

David R. Mayhew · Polity · 1974 · 597 citations

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Trafficking Networks and the Mexican Drug War

Melissa Dell · American Economic Review · 2015 · 548 citations

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On the Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Estimating Electoral Effects: New Evidence from Over 40,000 Close Races

Andrew C. Eggers, Anthony Fowler, Jens Hainmueller et al. · American Journal of Political Science · 2014 · 412 citations

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Elections and the Regression Discontinuity Design: Lessons from Close U.S. House Races, 1942–2008

Devin Caughey, Jasjeet S. Sekhon · Political Analysis · 2011 · 344 citations · Full text

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Authors

210

  1. AG
    Andrew Gelman

    Columbia University, United States

    6 publications · 467 citations

    6

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  2. SB
    Sonia Bhalotra

    IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Germany

    5 publications · 189 citations

    5

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  3. GK
    Gary King

    Harvard University Press, United States

    4 publications · 278 citations

    4

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  4. AB
    Andrew B. Hall

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 579 citations

    4

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  5. AF
    Anthony Fowler

    University of Chicago, United States

    4 publications · 615 citations

    4

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Institutions

159

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    444 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    801 citations

  7. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    358 citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    391 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 20 publications · 845 citations

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  2. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 8 publications · 618 citations

    8

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  3. Quarterly Journal of Political Science

    6 publications · 604 citations

    6

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  4. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 5 publications · 634 citations

    5

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  5. Journal of democracy

    4 publications · 216 citations

    4

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