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Enlisted Detailing Market Place Analysis and Pilot
NPS NRP Executive SummaryEnlisted Detailing Market Place Analysis and PilotN1 - Manpower, Personnel, Training & EducationThis research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.
Enlisted Detailing Market Place Analysis and Pilot
NPS NRP Project PosterEnlisted Detailing Market Place Analysis and PilotN1 - Manpower, Personnel, Training & EducationThis research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrpChief of Naval Operations (CNO)Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.
Relationships Between Government Size and Economic Growth: Japan's Government Reforms and Evidence from OECD
This paper examines the relationship between government
size and economic growth of 21 industrialized countries. Government
size is measured by government final consumption expenditures
and transfer payments. The relationship between government consumption
is expected to increase GDP growth for developing countries, and
reduce it for industrialized countries. Government consumption can contribute
to increased economic growth. However, government consumption
is likely to expand beyond an efficient level in industrialized
countries. In contrast, transfer payments, and social welfare programs
are likely to reduce economic growth for most countries. These programs
reduce work incentives and encourage tax avoidance activities.
Work disincentives and tax avoidance reduce economic growth. These
expected relationships are consistent with economic performance and
government size for the countries considered here. Inefficiency and
excessive government growth are checked by voter feedback as tax burdens
exceed the associated benefits. Unfortunately, government program
costs and benefits are asymmetrically distributed. The resulting
tendency is to expand government programs, particularly programs that
benefit a majority of voters at the expense of a minority. This tendency
becomes even more acute as the tax system becomes more progressive (i.e., tax burdens become concentrated. Reductions in government size
are more likely with stagnant or declining economic growth, and in government
programs whose costs are widely shared, compared to programs
with widely shared benefits and narrowly shared costs
Promotion expenditure, categories, time lag structure and the demand for almonds
The Almond Board of California (ABC) finances four promotional programs to increase the demand for California almonds: public relations, advertising, food services and nutrition research. This analysis relates ABC's expenditures by category to U.S. almond demand. It assesses ABC's return on investment and guides managerial decisions across programs. ABC expenditures have a significant effect on domestic almond shipments, explaining 16.7% of the variation in shipments. However, only advertising is strongly significanteach dollar spent increases almonds shipped eight months later by 8.25 pounds. Food services approached significanceeach dollar spent increases almonds shipped 11 months later by 32.8 pounds.Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited
Six-dimensional Supergravity and Projective Superfields
We propose a superspace formulation of N=(1,0) conformal supergravity in six
dimensions. The corresponding superspace constraints are invariant under
super-Weyl transformations generated by a real scalar parameter. The known
variant Weyl super-multiplet is recovered by coupling the geometry to a
super-3-form tensor multiplet. Isotwistor variables are introduced and used to
define projective superfields. We formulate a locally supersymmetric and
super-Weyl invariant action principle in projective superspace. Some families
of dynamical supergravity-matter systems are presented.Comment: 39 pages; v3: some modifications in section 2; equations (2.3),
(2.14b), (2.16) and (2.17) correcte
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