None of these three approaches does a perfect job of measuring the geographic distribution of employment effects, and each has advantages and disadvantages relative to the others.

WHITEHOUSE: Recovery Act Third Quarterly Report - Supplement | The White House

Changes in the population distribution will have political effects too, which is one reason why the count was delayed.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan

Excluding the effects of the distribution business sales and the CEO transition, the company said it expects revenue to grow between 14 percent and 18 percent in 2013.

WSJ: Barnes to sell distribution business for $550M

That's a huge economic drag, as retailers employ 12% of the workforce, and it has knock-on effects on wholesale, distribution, all the way up to product development.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Mr. Abe's 'Third Arrow'

No presses are required for purely electronic publishing, and over time, this new distribution system will have as-yet-unknown effects on the traditional publishing world.

WSJ: On the Web, Amateurs Rivaling Professionals

"(ii) reasonable alternatives to the action with adverse energy effects and the expected effects of such alternatives on energy supply, distribution, and use" (Sec. 2(b)).

WHITEHOUSE: Memoranda 01-27 (Guidance for Implementing E.O. 13211)

First, and most important, agencies are to utilize, to the extent permitted by law, the Statement of Energy Effects in their decisionmaking to improve the quality of agency actions affecting energy supply, distribution, or use.

WHITEHOUSE: Memoranda 01-27 (Guidance for Implementing E.O. 13211)