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The author is Professor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
The assistance of Dr. Barton M. Farthing, Head of the Department of Experimental Statistics of Louisiana State University, in formally demonstrating the validity of the leverage effect and in expressing the impact of voter qualifications on group performance is gratefully acknowledged.
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Kazmann, R.G. Democratic organization: A preliminary mathematical model. Public Choice 16, 17–26 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718803
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