The NBER Digest: April 2004 Issue

Publication Date: April 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:

* The Alternative Minimum Tax and Effective Marginal Tax Rates * Taxing Corporate Capital Gains * Good Versus Bad Deflation: Lessons from the Gold Standard Era * How College Savings Can Reduce Wealth

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