The NBER Digest: November 2002 Issue

Publication Date: November 2002

Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* Has Inequality Really Increased? * Is Trade Good for the Enviroment? * Generous Bankruptcy Rules Limit Small Firm Credit * Taxes and Entrepreneurial Activity * Women and Post-WWII Wages * Government Size and Taxpayer Cheating

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