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What do we know about the demand for evaluation? Insights from the parliamentary arena

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2016
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Bundi, P. (2016). What do we know about the demand for evaluation? Insights from the parliamentary arena. American Journal of Evaluation, 37, 522–541. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098214015621788

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Research on evaluation has mainly focused on the use of evaluation and has given little attention to the origins of evaluation demand. In this article, I consider the question of why parliamentarians demand evaluations with parliamentary requests. Building on the literature of delegation, I use a principal-agent framework to explain the origins of evaluation demand. In doing so, I argue that the parliamentarians mainly demand evaluations in order to hold the government accountable. The quantitative analysis shows that Swiss parliament

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  • Bundi, Pirmin
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37

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4

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522

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541

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evaluation theory, evaluation practice, politics, surveys

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English

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2016-12

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2016-12-22

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1098-2140

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138 since deposited on 2016-12-22
Acq. date: 2025-11-13

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Bundi, P. (2016). What do we know about the demand for evaluation? Insights from the parliamentary arena. American Journal of Evaluation, 37, 522–541. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098214015621788

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