Persuading Agenda Setters: The Case of Legislative Hearings in Colombia

• In Event: Rethinking Political Institutions in Latin America

Brief Overview

Hearings allow legislators to question members of the executive. In Colombia these petitions are easily proposed. However, chamber authorities schedule few of them. We examine the factors that help legislators schedule hearings

Authors

• Mónica Pachón, Universidad de los Andes

• Santiago Manuel Alles, Universidad del Rosario

• Manuela Muñoz, Texas A&M University