Carolina QuotesThere is no iron law here, but there is clearly some tendency for larger-than-necessary coalitions to disintegrate.
Tom Flanagan Connected to the Carolinas
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Chapter 5, How Many Are Too Many? Size of Coalitions, p. 88.
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- Game Theory and Canadian Politics (1998)
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- 1998
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- p. 88
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