Inter-party Cooperation in Legislatures: Cosponsorship in the Icelandic Parliament

• In Event: Legislative Cooperation and Compromise

Brief Overview

Why do legislators cooperate by cosponsoring bills from members of different parties and coalitions? With data from the Icelandic parliament, we examine whether cosponsorship decisions depend on strategic reasoning or policy preferences.

Authors

• Eunseong Oh, University of California-Riverside

• Indridi H Indridason, University of California-Riverside