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a model in which each person joins a collective action once the number already participating exceeds a personal threshold, so outcomes depend on the threshold distribution.

In sociology, threshold model of collective behavior refers to a model in which each person joins a collective action once the number already participating exceeds a personal threshold, so outcomes depend on the threshold distribution. This meaning comes from Granovetter (1978) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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References

Granovetter, M. (1978). Threshold Models of Collective Behavior. American Journal of Sociology, 83(6), 1420-1443. https://doi.org/10.1086/226707

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