In the US Congress, legislators can use active and passive cosponsorship to support bills.
We show that these two types of cosponsorship are driven by two different motivations: the …

Lawmakers are routinely confronted by urgent social issues, yet they hold conflicting policy
preferences, incentives, and goals that can undermine collaboration. How do lawmakers …

The legislative success of a president is normally measured with respect to president-
initiated bills. However, when they control the legislative agenda, presidents can also …

RESUMEN¿ Qué factores afectan la productividad de los legisladores? En este artículo,
argumentamos que la productividad legislativa depende no solo de la afiliación partidaria …

While the success of the president's legislative agenda is measured by examining the rate of
passage of presidential bills (the batting average), the dominance of the president over the …

In democracies where the executive has bill initiation powers and controls the legislative
agenda, most laws enacted should come from executive-initiated bills. In Chile's strong …

Why do some agreements take longer to be approved by national legislatures than others?
This question motivates this research, which aims to understand how the nature of coalitions …

Este artículo analiza el copatrocinio legislativo en la Cámara de Diputados de Chile durante
los periodos legislativos 2010-2014 y 2014-2018. En específico, mediante un análisis de …

This article presents an empirical investigation into the factors influencing the renomination
of legislators by party leaders for their continued presence in Congress. We argue that …

Objetivo: este estudio examina la influencia de las medidas de centralidad de los diputados
en la probabilidad de éxito de las iniciativas de ley en la LXIII Legislatura de la Cámara de …