Identification of Regional Fundamental Economic Structure (FES) of India: An Input-Output and Field of Influence Approach

This study provides an understanding of the Indian regional economy utilizing the fundamental economic structure (FES) approach. The FES construct implies that selected characteristics of an economy will vary predictably with region size, as measured by net state domestic product, population, and total gross output. The big question addressed in this study is if identifiable patterns of relations between various macro aggregates and economic transactions can be revealed via regional input-output tables. Jensen et al. (1988) discuss the tiered, partitioned, and temporal approaches to the identification of FES using input-output tables. This research addresses the following four questions: (1) Does a regional FES exist for the Indian economy during the period 1965? (2) What proportions of the cells are predictable? (3) Can the 1965 regional FES predict 1983-84 table for Punjab economy? (4) Does regional FES manifest an enhanced understanding of the Indian regional structure? Regression analyses are used to identify the FES and non-FES cells for the Indian regional economy. The regional input-output tables for 21 States and Union Territories provide data for the analysis. Analysis reveals regional FES includes primary and secondary sectors as components of FES. This research has extended the notion of FES to include: weak, moderate and strong FES cells.regions, economic structure, input-output, India

General soft terms from Supergravity including D-terms

We derive general expressions for soft terms in supergravity where D-terms contribute significantly to the supersymmetry breaking. Such D-terms can produce large splitting between scalar and fermionic partners in the spectrum. By requiring that supersymmetry breaking sets the cosmological constant to zero, we then parameterize the soft terms when D-terms dominate over F-terms or are comparable to them. We present an application of our results to the split supersymmetry scenario and briefly address the issue of moduli stabilisation.Comment: 6 Pages, no figures. To appear in proceedings of the XXXXth Rencontres de Moriond "Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories", La Thuile, Italy, March 5-12, 2005; V2 Typos in eq.(9) corrected and other improvement