... DeVany, A.S., and W.D. Walls (2004) “Motion Picture Profit, the Stable Paretian Hypothesis, and the Curse of the Superstar” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Elberse, A., and B. Anand (2005) ... examined the political tendencies and biases of news reporters (Adkins Convert and Wasburn, 2007, Gentzkow and Shapiro, 2006 and 2004, Groseclose and Milyo, 2005, Lott and Hassett, 2004, Puglisi, ... interviews and small-scale surveys. For instance, Rothman and Lichter (1984) surveyed 95 writers, producers and directors of top-fifty box office grossing films made between 1964 and 1982, and compared...