Rein Taagepera
The size of national assemblies
University of California, Irvine
simple model presented express size national provincial assemblies terms size total population degree social mobilization basic assumption efficiency optimized number communication channels within assembly equals number interest aggregation channels constituency adult literacy taken measure social mobilization leads equation 2lwp013n assembly size lw fraction literate adults total population p0 n term representing effects factors model valid worldwide average log n zero range small compared range log indeed