Replication Data for: The Effect of Sustained Transparency on Electoral Accountability
<|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:'Transparency is expected to strengthen electoral accountability. Yet, initiatives disseminating politician performance information directly prior to elections have reported disappointing re- sults. We argue that to be effective, transparency needs to be sustained: the dissemination of politician performance information needs to occur early, regularly, and predictably throughout the term. Using a formal model of electoral accountability under non-programmatic and un- even party competition, we study how sustained transparency impacts a string of decisions by various actors in advance of elections: incumbents’ running choices, party nomination strate- gies, and potential challengers’ entry decisions. We show how these effects shape the candi- date slate and ultimately electoral outcomes, conditional on incumbent performance and the incumb' . 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" : ["Accountability","Candidate entry","Elections","Information","Local government","Sub-Saharan Africa","Transparency"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Transparency is expected to strengthen electoral accountability. Yet, initiatives disseminating politician performance information directly prior to elections have reported disappointing re- sults. We argue that to be effective, transparency needs to be sustained: the dissemination of politician performance information needs to occur early, regularly, and predictably throughout the term. Using a formal model of electoral accountability under non-programmatic and un- even party competition, we study how sustained transparency impacts a string of decisions by various actors in advance of elections: incumbents’ running choices, party nomination strate- gies, and potential challengers’ entry decisions. We show how these effects shape the candi- date slate and ultimately electoral outcomes, conditional on incumbent performance and the incumb' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
Transparency is expected to strengthen electoral accountability. Yet, initiatives disseminating politician performance information directly prior to elections have reported disappointing re- sults. We argue that to be effective, transparency needs to be sustained: the dissemination of politician performance information needs to occur early, regularly, and predictably throughout the term. Using a formal model of electoral accountability under non-programmatic and un- even party competition, we study how sustained transparency impacts a string of decisions by various actors in advance of elections: incumbents’ running choices, party nomination strate- gies, and potential challengers’ entry decisions. We show how these effects shape the candi- date slate and ultimately electoral outcomes, conditional on incumbent performance and the incumb
Accountability; Candidate entry; Elections; Information; Local government; Sub-Saharan Africa; Transparency