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To account for these indirect effects of economic activity, economists use economic multipliers that are related to worker's marginal propensity to consume.
Increased expression of Fas and FasL appeared to increase the propensity to undergo apoptosis, but was not the sole determinant of this process.
Now, first of all, a truly determining propensity is a requirement.
These observations suggest that nontypeable H. influenzae grows as a biofilm in the respiratory tract of adults with COPD, reminiscent of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its well established propensity to grow as a biofilm while causing infection in patients with cystic fibrosis [ 27 ] .
But I do worry that the Barro offer sends the wrong signals to younger economists--that by telling them the profession still insists on the appearance of superstardom, that it only values home runs when we really ought to be looking for a solid series of base hits, it will encourage what is already a disturbing propensity to favor attention-grabbing showmanship at the expense of deeper, more time-consuming work.