The Impact of Canvassing During the German Federal Election Campaign in 2017: Evidence From a Field Experiment

Last registered on September 25, 2017
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
The Impact of Canvassing During the German Federal Election Campaign in 2017: Evidence From a Field Experiment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002457
Initial registration date
September 24, 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
September 25, 2017, 2:25 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Germany
Region

Primary Investigator

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

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2017-07-01
End date
2017-10-24
Keywords
Electoral
Additional Keywords
canvassing, political activism, persuasion
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We evaluate a canvassing field experiment in collaboration with a candidate for parliament for a large German party during the federal election campaign in Germany 2017.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Hensel, Lukas. 2017. "The Impact of Canvassing During the German Federal Election Campaign in 2017: Evidence From a Field Experiment." AEA RCT Registry. September 25. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2457-1.0
Former Citation
Hensel, Lukas. 2017. "The Impact of Canvassing During the German Federal Election Campaign in 2017: Evidence From a Field Experiment." AEA RCT Registry. September 25. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2457/history/21763
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The candidate and volunteers will jointly knock on all doors in randomly selected precincts.
Intervention Start Date
2017-07-01
Intervention End Date
2017-09-24

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
candidate and party voteshare, turnout
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
All outcomes are measured using official election results.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
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Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
randomized using random number generator in excel.
Randomization Unit
precinct
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
No
Sample size: planned number of observations
106 precincts
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
53 precincts per treatment arm.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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