The Consequences of Credit Claiming (Pre-Recorded)

Session Submission Type: In-Person Full Paper Panel

Session Description

This panel explores the effects of credit claiming on who has access to resources, how citizens respond to policies, and citizen electoral behavior. One of the central questions when politicians provide resources is, who will benefit most from these decisions? In this panel, we have four papers that approach questions of credit claiming for understanding both policy and electoral outcomes. We explore (1) how the ability to claim credit affects what resources are provided (2) how community-driven programs can influence compliance with health measures in contexts with high levels of political capture (3) how the ability to claim credit for attracting foreign aid affects electability and (4) how credit claiming behavior affects citizens evaluations of politicians in future electoral cycles. Together, these papers extend the study of credit claiming to ask both when and why credit claiming is important for outcomes.

Sub Unit

• Division 12: Comparative Politics of Developing Countries

Individual Presentations

• Petitioning Patrons: Community Claims and Political Responsiveness in Urban India - Adam Michael Auerbach, American University-SIS; Tariq Thachil, University of Pennsylvania

• Can We Work Together? Evidence from an Experiment in Slum Settlements in Brazil - Natalia Salgado Bueno, Emory University; George Avelino, FGV-SP; Ciro Biderman

• Voter Preferences and Foreign Aid: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan - Syeda ShahBano Ijaz, UC San Diego

• Who Gets Credit? Citizen Responses to Local Public Goods - Katherine Marie McKiernan, Tulane University

Chair

• Katherine Marie McKiernan Tulane University

Discussants

• Robin Harding University of Oxford

• Ken Ochieng' Opalo Georgetown University