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    Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential

    Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes

    B Kelly Shue and Erzo F. P. Luttmer*

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    . O , 2 - . U - 2000 US P E, B . . Az . (2001)

    B .M j -. D (2007) , .., j j .D , , 0.04 -, - . Wx D - j z j j . W x D x - (.., ) - . F, - . T f .

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    Table 5Interactions with Voting Technology

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    Aj3 0.109*** 0.101*** 0.114***(0.024) (0.027) (0.026)

    Aj3 0.068*** 0.065*** 0.079***(0.019) (0.020) (0.021)

    Aj3 D A-V-OS 0.171***(0.041)

    Aj3 ES&S 550 O 0.083***(0.023)

    Aj3 ES&S O E 0.110***(0.033)

    Aj3 H B N 0.067***

    (0.017)Aj3 M-A-V 0.079**

    (0.032)

    Aj3 Sq O 0.095***(0.024)

    Aj3 D AV-TS 0.007(0.040)

    Aj3 Sq E 0.096***(0.018)

    Aj3 D 0.096***(0.033)

    Aj3 P 0.242***(0.032)

    Aj3 V 0.213***(0.022)

    D Y N Y Y

    Aj5 Aj 3 CA N N Y N

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    Appendix B: Summary Statistics

    Table B1Precinct Level Data

    V M S

    S T 850.10 580.50P 0.05 0.35P A Sw 48.41 16.97P C B 31.64 17.61P T MCk 13.49 4.74P w D 37.12 48.31P w R 30.30 45.96P w 8.33 27.64P w 24.24 42.85P 18 24 8.08 4.93P 65 19.14 10.96

    C

    P w 68.58 19.44P k 4.84 8.83P A 10.36 11.47P H 21.92 19.08P k E 7.64 8.46M ($1,000 ) 27.97 14.03P w C 10.98 10.55P ( ) 43.61 10.89P 39.40 18.04

    O 1,839,024P 13,932

    nes: O - . O -

    . M w .

    Table B2Identification of Adjacent Candidates

    Fq V

    TSw

    B

    MCk

    N

    N 93.7 96.8 94.2 3S 91.3 96.1 92.7 3E 35.6 39.0 35.5 25W 23.6 26.6 15.4 20

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    nes: W q, w .T w .

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    1F AS ajace, Fs AS ajace, Feas AS ajace, Fwes AS ajace,F CB ajace, Fs CB ajace, Feas CB ajace, Fwes CB ajace,

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    Table B3Voting Technology

    T T P U 2005

    D A-V-OS 12.3 YES&S 550 O 5.4 NES&S O E 5.1 Y

    H B Nw 10.6 YMk-A-V 4.3 YSq O 5.7 YD AV-TS 5.3 YSq E 6.1 YD 5.9 YP 9.0 NV 30.3 N

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