by Ping Wang and Danyang Xie

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Ping Wang and Danyang Xie

Working Paper No. 01-W35 December 2001

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

NASHVILLE, TN 37235 www.vanderbilt.edu/econ

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