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VOLUME 9	NOVEMBER 2003	NUMBER 4	E-Mail: iaes@iaes.org
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ARTICLES
Long Memory in the Interest Rates in Some Asian Countries Luis A. Gil-Alana	257
Financial Variables as Leading Indicators in Greece Nikolaos Mylonidis	268
Empirical Analysis of Savings Behavior in European Countries: New Insights Cristina Ruza and Jose M. Montero	279
Income Smoothing Behavior of U.S. Banks Under Revised International Capital Requirements Richard J. Rivard, Eugene Bland, and Gay B. Hatfield Morris	288
Arithmetic Visibility Estimates for OECD Countries with Three Government Levels Miguel Roig Alonso	295
Consumption Taxes in the Internet World Charles Scott, Frederick Derrick, and Norman Sedgley	304
The Effect of Health Investment on Growth: A Causality Analysis Berta Rivera and Luis Currais	312
RESEARCH NOTES
Demand for Medical Care in Iran: An Empirical Investigation Majid Sabbagh Kermani	324
What Spurs on Recipients of Social Assistance to Opt Out? Joachim Wilde	324
Behavioral Impact and Reaction of SEC Fair Disclosure Reporting Companies Darrol J. Stanley, Clinton M. Bidwell III, and Carol Tait Stanley	325
The Economic Impact of the WTC Disaster on NYC Hospitals Patricia Loubeau	325
Information Provision and Barriers to Energy Efficiency G. D. Kelly	326
Short-Run Response of Crude Oil Inventory and Demand to Crude Oil Price Michael Ye, John Zyren, and Joanne Shore	326
Is Geography Destiny? Anton T. Koychev, Erbor Kulla, Ignas Brazauskas, and Paul M. Sommers	327

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International Advances in Economic Research, Volume 9, Number 4, November 2003

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