The NBER Digest: January 2002 Issue

Publication Date: January 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:

* Health Care Report Cards May Fail Patients * Favorable Effects of Imprisoning Drug Offenders * Incomes and Mortality Patterns * No Gain from Reducing G-3 Currency Volatility

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