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SCALING LAWS FOR THE LIFETIMES OF GOVERNMENTS IN THE SZNAJD DEMOCRACY

Christian HirtreiterJohannes J. Schneider

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Scaling lawSznajd modelCondensed matter physicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectGeneral Physics and AstronomyStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsDemocracyComputer Science ApplicationsComputational Theory and MathematicsEconomicsIsing spinStatistical physicsScalingMathematical Physicsmedia_common

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We investigate the lifetimes of governments in the original and a randomized one-dimensional Sznajd model. We find various scaling laws for the lifetime of the democracy and for the reigning time of governments in this model, depending on the system size N.

https://doi.org/10.1142/s0129183105006991