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consciousness-based education and governmentis the “long-run multiplier” for each Super Radiance variable. The longrunmultiplier for a TM-Sidhi group of 1500 to 1699, for example,gives the estimated long run change in the misery index resulting froma sustained increase in the size of the Super Radiance group to a levelbetween 1500 and 1699. The long-run multiplier for the larger groupsizecategory of 1700 or more has an analogous interpretation. The estimatedlong-run multipliers for both countries are shown in Table 1.The estimated long-run decline in the U.S. misery index was 4.23points for a Super Radiance group of 1500 to 1699, and 5.62 points for agroup of 1700 or more. The negative sign of these multipliers confirmsthe prediction of a decline in the misery index through the MaharishiEffect. The estimated declines in the misery index shown in Table 1 arevery large. As a proportion of the total decline of 14.1 points in the U.S.misery index from its peak in 1980 to the end of the sample period in1988, the reduction of 4.23 points for the group of 1500–1699 represents30.0 percent of the total decline in the index. For the larger group,the comparable proportionate decline is 39.9 percent.All long-run multipliers were negative in the case of Canada aswell. As shown in Table 1, the estimated long-run multiplier for agroup of 1500to 1699 was –4.14 points, and –4.55 points for a TM-Sidhi group averaging 1700 or more. These estimated reductions represent26.7 percent and 29.3 percent, respectively, of the total decline of15.5 points in the Canadian misery index from its peak of 27.1 in June1981 to the end of the sample period in 1988.AverageGroup SizeTable 1Effect of Super Radiance Groupon U.S. And Canadian Misery IndexUnited StatesCanadaLong-RunMultiplier% of TotalDecline aLong-RunMultiplier1500–1699 –4.228 30.0 –4.138 26.71700+ –5.619 39.9 –4.545 29.3% of TotalDecline ba Long-run multiplier as percent of total decline in U.S. misery index (14.1 points) from its peakb Long-run multiplier as percent of total decline in Canadian misery index (15.5 points) from itspeak428