Replication Data for: The Timing of Public Policies: Political Budget Cycles and Credit Claiming
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Why do politicians cluster the distribution of benefits in the run-up to elections? I suggest that credit claiming is an explanation for political budget cycles. Brazilian rules banning credit claiming before elections while allowing the distribution of benefits until election day provide an opportunity to differentiate between distribution  and credit claiming combined with distribution as an engine that reinforces political budget cycles. Evidence from housing and conditional-cash transfer programs demonstrates that officials expand these programs before the credit-claiming ban and halt expansion after the ban yet prior to  election  day.  Drawing  on  social  media  and  qualitative data, I show that politicians use credit claiming to convey information about their competence and attribution.  Distribution  without  attribution  redu' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Credit claiming","Housing","Policies","Political budget cycles"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Why do politicians cluster the distribution of benefits in the run-up to elections? I suggest that credit claiming is an explanation for political budget cycles. Brazilian rules banning credit claiming before elections while allowing the distribution of benefits until election day provide an opportunity to differentiate between distribution  and credit claiming combined with distribution as an engine that reinforces political budget cycles. Evidence from housing and conditional-cash transfer programs demonstrates that officials expand these programs before the credit-claiming ban and halt expansion after the ban yet prior to  election  day.  Drawing  on  social  media  and  qualitative data, I show that politicians use credit claiming to convey information about their competence and attribution.  Distribution  without  attribution  redu' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
Why do politicians cluster the distribution of benefits in the run-up to elections? I suggest that credit claiming is an explanation for political budget cycles. Brazilian rules banning credit claiming before elections while allowing the distribution of benefits until election day provide an opportunity to differentiate between distribution  and credit claiming combined with distribution as an engine that reinforces political budget cycles. Evidence from housing and conditional-cash transfer programs demonstrates that officials expand these programs before the credit-claiming ban and halt expansion after the ban yet prior to  election  day.  Drawing  on  social  media  and  qualitative data, I show that politicians use credit claiming to convey information about their competence and attribution.  Distribution  without  attribution  redu
Credit claiming; Housing; Policies; Political budget cycles