Stereotypes, Character Assassination and Women in Politics

The Inaccuracy of National Character Stereotypes.

Consensual stereotypes of some groups are relatively accurate, whereas others are not. Previous work suggesting that national character stereotypes are inaccurate has been criticized on several grounds. In this article we (a) provide arguments for the validity of assessed national mean trait levels as criteria for evaluating stereotype accuracy; and (b) report new data on national character in ...

Leader Assassination and Economic Growth

This paper studies whether national leadership shocks affect a country’s economic growth. Jones and Olken [2005] find that national leaders’ accidental death affects growth. In subsequent work, Jones and Olken [2009] find that different outcomes of assassination attempts, successful attempts versus unsuccessful ones, matter for countries’ institutions. This paper considers whether the outcome o...

The ‘birth-and-assassination’ Process

A new variant of a branching process is introduced, with sufficient conditions for it to persist and to die out. The model is applied to discuss the asymptotic stability of a new type of queuing process.

Women in Sport: Gender Stereotypes in the Past and Present

Assassination of President

1330 Attending college, without the right to vote, I had little or no interest in national politics (or state or local, for that matter). In the fall of 1960, John Kennedy arrived in Dayton to give a morning campaign speech from the courthouse steps. Cutting classes, I zigzagged through the crowd to watch and hear Kennedy speak to everyone, regardless of age, race, religion, or gender. That spe...