''Fake news, folks'' How constant oversight undercuts accountability

• In Event: Authoritarian Politics and Democratic Backsliding

Brief Overview

This paper models democratic accountability when citizens rely on oversight bodies of uncertain quality to hold their leaders accountable. Leaders can strategically solicit criticism in order to undermine trust in oversight among the citizenry.

Authors

• Robert Gulotty, University of Chicago

• Zhaotian Luo, University of Chicago