Cavanaugh & King, 1988
Cavanaugh, K. L.; and King, K. D. Simultaneous transfer function analysis of Okun’s misery index: Improvements in the economic quality of life through Maharishi’s Vedic Science and Technology of Consciousness. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, August 22–25, 1988. An abridged version of this paper appeared in Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section, pp. 491–496. Alexandria, Virginia, USA: American Statistical Association, 1988.
Also: Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section, pp. 491–496. Alexandria, Virginia, USA: American Statistical Association, 1988.
Time series analysis of an economic "misery index" of U.S. inflation and unemployment rates demonstrated reduction in this index following periods of high numbers of participants in the group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program at Maharishi International University, controlling for changes in key U.S. economic variables.
- Year
- 1988
- Publication type
- Conference Proceedings
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 5, pp. 3207–3223
- Section
- Productivity and Quality of Life
Findings (1)
Sociological—Improved Economy
Improved Quality of National Life as Measured by a Monthly Index of Inflation and Unemployment (USA, 1979–1988), Controlling for Monetary Growth and the Rate of Change of Crude Materials Prices
TM-Sidhi program · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect
Authors
- Kurleigh D. King, PhD
Central Bak of Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados
- Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA