Expert-Captured Democracies
研究了有偏见的专家公开表态如何影响选民福利，发现专家同时进行政策倡导和党派背书通常比单独一种更好，且专家俘获的技术官僚政党与民粹政党竞争时选民福利最高。
Does public cheap talk by a biased expert benefit voters? The answer depends on the nature of democratic institutions and the extent of communication possibilities. Expert endorsements induce office-seeking parties to serve the expert’s interests, hurting voters. Expert advocacy makes policies respond to information, helping voters. Together, policy advocacy and partisan endorsements are often better than either alone. Their interaction creates a delegation benefit that makes indirect democracy superior to direct democracy and office-seeking parties better than those motivated by public interest. But voter welfare is highest when an expert captured technocratic party competes against an uninformed populist one.