Zachary Gochenour

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Zachary Gochenour is a second year PhD student in the Department of Economics at George Mason University. He received his BA degree in Economics from George Mason University. Zachary is also a Mercatus Center Research Assistant.

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War and Presidential Greatness

by David R. Henderson, Zachary Gochenourvia Social Science Research Network
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

In this paper we consider commonalities between highly ranked presidents and compare plausible determinants of greatness according to historians. We find that a strong predictor of greatness is the fraction of American lives lost in war during a president’s tenure...

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