Cavanaugh, King, & Ertuna, 1989
Cavanaugh, K. L.; King, K. D.; and Ertuna, C. A multiple-input transfer function model of Okun’s misery index: An empirical test of the Maharishi Effect. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, Washington, DC, USA, August 6–10, 1989. An abridged version of this paper appears in Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section, pp. 565–570. Alexandria, Virginia, USA: American Statistical Association, 1989.
Also: Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section, pp. 565–570. Alexandria, Virginia, USA: American Statistical Association, 1989.
Periods with large numbers in the group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program led to a marked reduction in an index of inflation and unemployment in the U.S., controlling for the effect of business cycle fluctuations as well as short- and long-term effects of other major economic variables.
- Year
- 1989
- Publication type
- Conference Proceedings
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 5, pp. 3224–3239
- 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 the Rate of Change of Industrial Production, Crude Materials Prices, and a Measure of the Money Supply
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
- Cevat Ertuna, MBA
Memphis State University, Memphis, TN, USA