The weakness of strong ties: Collective action failure in a Highly Cohesive Group

Evolution of Social Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 19-44

  Flache, Andreas ^a   Macy, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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