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What Motivates Political Activists? Evidence From a Field Experiment

Last registered on July 17, 2018
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
What Motivates Political Activists? Evidence From a Field Experiment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002358
Initial registration date
July 28, 2017

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
July 31, 2017, 8:59 AM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated
July 17, 2018, 1:38 AM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Primary Investigator

Name
Lukas Hensel
Affiliation
University of Oxford
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Anselm Rink
PI Affiliation
University of Konstanz
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2017-07-28
End date
2017-09-23
Keywords
Electoral
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
See pre-analysis plan.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Hensel, Lukas and Anselm Rink. 2018. "What Motivates Political Activists? Evidence From a Field Experiment." AEA RCT Registry. July 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2358-2.0
Former Citation
Hensel, Lukas and Anselm Rink. 2018. "What Motivates Political Activists? Evidence From a Field Experiment." AEA RCT Registry. July 17. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2358/history/31833
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2017-07-28
Intervention End Date
2017-09-23

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
self-reported and behavioral canvassing effort.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
See preanalysis plan.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomized by online survey platform.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
None
Sample size: planned number of observations
roughly 8000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
2000
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES INTER-DIVISIONAL RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE
IRB Approval Date
2017-07-25
IRB Approval Number
R52651/RE001
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

Pre-analysis plan

MD5: 8a35a7581c514d2c5dc2cfcc04211b0f

SHA1: 51945a7695457beefca9fb10a5142658ce3bbd51

Uploaded At: July 28, 2017

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

Relevant Paper(s)

Reports & Other Materials