The NBER Digest: October 2004 Issue

Publication Date: October 2004

Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* Increasing Retirement Account Participation * Who Gains from Innovation? * Do Fathers Prefer Sons? * Capital Taxes are Passed on to Workers and Consumers * Forfeiture Laws, Policing Incentives, and Local Budgets * Are Equity Investors Fooled by Inflation?

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