The NBER Digest: January 2003 Issue

Publication Date: January 2003

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 Purchase of Company Stock in 401(k) Plans * What Reduced Crime in New York City * Public Disability Insurance and Private Health Insurance * Explaining the Flood of Asbestos Cases * School Spending Raises Property Values * Does Confidential Proxy Voting Matter?

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