Given that the effects of nation-wide shocks cannot be examined within our framework, this study should be interpreted as complementary to the existing ones conducted through the estimation of multi-equation models.
The effect of our nation's hunger problem is estimated at more than $90 billion a year, and the health care cost of obesity is estimated at $147 billion a year.
Prescription drug overdoses, a dangerous side effect of the nation's embrace of narcotic painkillers, are a "substantial" burden on hospitals and the economy, according to a new study of emergency room visits.
The expansion of trade, investment, and corporate activity has long had the effect of drawing nations together ― into cartels like OPEC, trade communities like the European Union, and international institutions like the International Monetary Fund.
According to the traditional domino theory, each nation that fell to Communism would endanger its immediate neighbor; according to the psychological domino theory, the ill effects of a nation's fall would not necessarily be on neighboring nations but would be on nations all over the world, which by merely watching the spectacle would lose their confidence in the power of the United States.
Much of the downward revision to the second-quarter figures was because of the effects of the nation's worst drought in 50 years.
Similarly, economic growth was 2 percent in the first quarter before dropping to 1.3 percent in the second, largely because of the effects of the nation's worst drought in 50 years.
The ethanol debate underscores the peculiar effects of the nation's presidential selection system, for Iowa's role as the first state to vote in the presidential nomination process is perhaps one reason the ethanol tax break has survived for more than two decades.
The study, "A Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change and Health," highlights the effects of the nation's meat addiction and offers a suite of user-friendly online tools to help consumers understand the many-faceted repercussions of their food choices.
Aside from millions of cars on the roads, the area also suffers the effects of the nation's busiest port.
