Does Position Taking Crowd Out Policy Making? Congressional Capacity and the Quality of Laws

• In Event: Lightning Talk: Institutions, Parties, and Public Policy in the United States

Brief Overview

Removal of the cosponsorship cap in the 96th Congress led to an improvement in the quality of laws originating in the House relative to the Senate. The cap hampered congressional capacity, crowding out law quality.

Authors

• Tommaso Giommoni

• Massimo Morelli, Bocconi University

• M. Daniele Paserman, Boston University