Expertise Acquisition in Congress

• In Event: Expertise and Effectiveness in Legislatures

Brief Overview

We present and test a theory of expertise acquisition in Congress. Our analysis suggests that oversight expertise is generally not valuable outside of Congress, which implies that staffers will not acquire it without subsidies from Congress.

Authors

• Christian J. Fong, University of Michigan

• Kenny Lowande, University of Michigan

• Adam Rauh, University of Michigan