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Journal Article
Why so many representatives? Extending the cube root lawto local assemblies
2025
Overview
We investigate the impact of territorial fragmentation on political representation by apply-ing Taagepera’s cube root law to subnational governments. Our model reveals that the totalnumber of local representatives is more elastic to changes in the number of jurisdictions(elasticity e = 2∕3 ) than to variations in population size ( e = 1∕3 ), a relationship we referto as the law of 2/3. As a result, fragmented areas experience amplified political representa-tion. We show that the cube root law holds at the municipal level across 13 countries, albeitimperfectly. Empirical evidence from French municipalities further supports the law of 2/3.
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Springer Verlag
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