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Is Information Power? Using Mobile Phones and Free Newspapers during an Election in Mozambique (Working Paper)

Working paper 1 May 2013 State and Political Economy

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  • Counteracting illicit behaviour during elections: The role of observers and cell phones in a field experiment

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Jenny Aker

Assistant Professor of Economics, Tufts University

Paul Collier

Director, IGC and Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
Pedro Vicente

Pedro Vicente

Professor of Economics, Nova School of Business and Economics
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