The NBER Digest: September 2005 Issue

Publication Date: September 2005

Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* Manmade Scarcity Drives Up Housing Prices * Junk Food Availability in Schools Raises Obesity * Interactions of U.S. and European Financial Markets * New Hospital Residents and Increased Mortality * Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology Transfer

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