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The Full Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Political Participation

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Aaron Yelowitz
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences July 2020, 6 (2) 179-204; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2020.6.2.08
Charles Courtemanche
aAssociate professor of economics at the University of Kentucky and director of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise
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bProfessor of economics at Georgia State University
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cProfessor of economics at the University of Kentucky
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