Maximal modularity and the optimal size of parliaments
Abstract An important question in representative democracies is how to determine the optimal parliament size of a given country. According to an old conjecture, known as the cubic root law, there is a fairly universal power-law relation, with an exponent equal to 1/3, between the size of an elected...
Main Authors: | Luca Gamberi, Yanik-Pascal Förster, Evan Tzanis, Alessia Annibale, Pierpaolo Vivo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-07-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93639-1 |
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