What Makes Public Accounts Committees Work? A Comparative Analysis
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-2006
Abstract
This article investigates whether and under what conditions Public Accounts Committees (PACs) are able to scrutinize government accounts. In doing so, we analyze survey data from 51 Commonwealth countries collected by the World Bank Institute in 2002. We find that the relationship between the formal powers of the PACs and their successful performance is conditional. Specifically, we argue that the success of PACs depend on the behavior of committee members, on the availability of independent sources of information, and on the media's interest in scrutinizing government accounts.
Discipline
Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Politics and Policy
Volume
34
Issue
4
First Page
774
Last Page
793
ISSN
1555-5623
Identifier
10.1111/j.1747-1346.2006.00040.x
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
PELIZZO, Riccardo, Stapenhurst, Rick, Sahgal, Vinod, & Woodley, William.(2006). What Makes Public Accounts Committees Work? A Comparative Analysis. Politics and Policy, 34(4), 774-793.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/139
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2006.00040.x