The NBER Digest: August 2006 Issue

Publication Date: August 2006

Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* Inflation Dynamics and the Distribution of Income * TV, Fast Foods, and Childhood Obesity * A Field Experiment in the Consumer Credit Market * The Earned Income Tax Credit Raises Employment * Macroeconomic Derivatives

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