Research task (Business Planning & Research):
You are a policy analyst at an independent financial-political think tank. Produce a 10000-12000-word policy white paper that answers: "How has the rise of quantitative hedge funds and algorithmic trading since 2000 shaped political lobbying, campaign finance flows, and policy outcomes in OECD countries, and what regulatory reforms could ensure greater transparency and fairness?"

Evaluation rubric:
criterion: The response's essay length is 10,000-12,000 words.
weight: 3
axis: Instruction Following

criterion: The response's in-text citations use the [Author Year] format.
weight: 1
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response has more than 8 primary sources dated after 2019.
weight: 2
axis: Instruction Following

criterion: The response cites more than 3 peer-reviewed journal articles.
weight: 2
axis: References & Citation Quality

criterion: The response includes more than 2 official regulatory or government reports.
weight: 2
axis: References & Citation Quality

criterion: The response performs a statistical regression analysis linking quantitative hedge fund lobbying expenditures to specific regulatory outcomes.
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response includes a detailed technical and regulatory timeline of market evolution.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response includes a detailed discussion of lobbying mechanisms with trade associations and mapped contribution networks.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response includes a correlation and regression analysis, linking quantitative fund spending to regulatory outcomes.
weight: 3
axis: Synthesis of Information

criterion: The response includes case studies on flash crashes and ESG mandates (e.g., the 2010 Flash Crash, the 2012 Knight Capital mishap, the 2016 British pound flash crash, the 2019 Yen crash).
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response includes global comparisons across more than 4 OECD regions.
weight: 3
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response includes regulatory reform proposals (e.g., real-time reporting, contribution caps, fund management requirements, registries).
weight: 4
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response explicitly debates ethical and governance considerations (e.g., downplayed risks, upselling, pumping, oversharing of penny stocks).
weight: 2
axis: Implicit Criteria

criterion: The response includes a comparative table summarizing proposed reforms.
weight: 3
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response includes more than 2 original figures (e.g., charts, regression plots).
weight: 3
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response includes more than 2 comparative tables (e.g., country lobbying, campaign contributions).
weight: 3
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response ensures that all tables include captions and are referenced in the text.
weight: 3
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response includes citations for all quantitative claims.
weight: 2
axis: References & Citation Quality

criterion: The response contains fabricated or non-existent references.
weight: -2
axis: References & Citation Quality

criterion: The response follows a standard white paper structure, including an executive summary, methodology, findings, and recommendations sections.
weight: 2
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response includes a clear methodology section describing data collection and analysis approaches.
weight: 3
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response fails to define technical terms related to quantitative trading and political finance (e.g., stock volatility, high-frequency trading (HFT), alpha (excess return), or beta (fund sensitivity)).
weight: -2
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response includes a comprehensive literature review section.
weight: 1
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response includes an executive summary highlighting key findings and recommendations.
weight: 2
axis: Communication Quality

criterion: The response discusses at least one hedge fund-based political influence method (e.g., direct lobbying through hires, donations through PACs, procurement lobbying through endowments, political intelligence selling).
weight: 5
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response discusses key areas of OECD influence (e.g., responsible business conduct, investment policy frameworks, corporate governance standards, tax pillars).
weight: 5
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response misidentifies an OECD country (e.g., India, China, African nations, Russia).
weight: -5
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response downplays the complexity of hedge funds (e.g., omitting pooled investments, ignoring regulatory differences, neglecting high fee structures).
weight: -4
axis: Explicit Criteria

criterion: The response lists appropriate regulatory reforms promoting fairness (e.g., trade transparency, financial regulation through watchdogs, public scrutiny through FOIA, ethical committees for oversight).
weight: 4
axis: Explicit Criteria