Parliamentary Questions as a Legislative Oversight Tool in Strong Presidential Systems

• In Event: Issues in Executive and Legislative Politics in Latin America

Brief Overview

The issuance of parliamentary inquiries as an poversight tools should respond to party affiliation. We use a novel dataset containing 68424 inquiries issued by legislators in Chile (2006-2018) to test that claim.

Authors

• Nicolas Mimica, Diego Portales University WebsiteDirections Save

• Patricio D. Navia, New York University