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Gil S. Epstein

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First Name: Gil
Middle Name: S.
Last Name: Epstein
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Homepage: http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~epsteig
Postal Address: Department of Economics Bar-Ilan University Ranmat-Gan, 52900, Israel
Phone: +972 58 550 407

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Working papers

  1. Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N., 2009. "Why Pay Taxes When No One Else Does?," IZA Discussion Papers 4153, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]

  2. Epstein, Gil S. & Heizler (Cohen), Odelia, 2009. "Network Formations among Immigrants and Natives," IZA Discussion Papers 4234, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]

  3. Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N., 2008. "Ethnicity, Assimilation and Harassment in the Labor Market," IZA Discussion Papers 3591, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]

  4. Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N., 2008. "Poverty and Governance: The Contest for Aid," Working Papers RP2008/76, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER). [Downloadable!]
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  5. Gil S. Epstein & Odelia Heizler (Cohen), 2007. "Illegal Migration, Enforcement and Minimum Wage," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 0708, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Gil S. Epstein & Nava Kahana, 2007. "The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor," IZA Discussion Papers 3025, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]

  7. Gil S. Epstein & Ira N Gang, 2006. "Migrants, Ethnicity and Strategic Assimilation," Departmental Working Papers 200630, Rutgers University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

  8. Alessandra Venturini & Gil S. Epstein, 2006. "Migration, effort, and voter sentiment towards temporary migration," CHILD Working Papers wp18_06, CHILD - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics - ITALY. [Downloadable!]

  9. Gil S. Epstein, 2006. "Extremism within the Family," IZA Discussion Papers 2199, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  10. Thomas Bauer & Gil S. Epstein & Ira N. Gang, 2006. "The Influence of Stocks and Flows on Migrants’ Location Choices," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 06-13, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University. [Downloadable!]

  11. Gil S. Epstein & Ira N Gang, 2006. "The Hope for Hysteresis in Foreign Aid," Departmental Working Papers 200628, Rutgers University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

  12. Gil S. Epstein & Ira N. Gang, 2006. "Good Governance and Good Aid Allocation," Departmental Working Papers 200627, Rutgers University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  13. Gil S. Epstein & Ira N Gang, 2006. "Decentralizing Aid with Interested Parties," Departmental Working Papers 200629, Rutgers University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  14. Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2005. "The Struggle over Migration Policy," IZA Discussion Papers 1533, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  15. Gil S. Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan, 2005. "Lobbying and Compromise," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]

  16. Gil S. Epstein & Ira N. Gang, 2005. "Contests, NGOs and Decentralizing Aid," IZA Discussion Papers 1711, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  17. Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N., 2004. "The Influence of Others on Migration Plans," IZA Discussion Papers 1244, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  18. Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N., 2004. "Who Is the Enemy?," IZA Discussion Papers 1237, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  19. Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N., 2004. "Ethnic Networks and International Trade," IZA Discussion Papers 1232, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  20. Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2004. "Tournaments: There Is More Than Meets the Eye," IZA Discussion Papers 1023, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  21. Bauer, Thomas & Epstein, Gil S & Gang, Ira, 2002. "Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants," CEPR Discussion Papers 3527, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  22. Ira N. Gang & Gil S. Epstein, 2002. "The Political Economy Of Kosher Wars," Departmental Working Papers 200227, Rutgers University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

  23. Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2002. "Politics of Randomness," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]

  24. Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2002. "Political Culture and Monopoly Price Determination," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  25. Epstein, Gil S & Kunze, Astrid & Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie, 2002. "High Skilled Migration and the Exertion of Effort by the Local Population," CEPR Discussion Papers 3477, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  26. Epstein, Gil S, 2002. "Informational Cascades and Decision to Migrate," CEPR Discussion Papers 3287, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  27. Ira N. Gang & Gil S. Epstein, 2002. "Rent Seeking in Hierarchical Firms," Departmental Working Papers 200218, Rutgers University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

  28. Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2002. "Effort and Performance in Public-Policy Contests," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  29. Epstein, Gil S & Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie, 2002. "Perceived Income, Promotion and Incentives Effects," CEPR Discussion Papers 3217, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  30. Ira N. Gang & Gil S. Epstein, 2002. "Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism," Departmental Working Papers 200222, Rutgers University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  31. Bauer, Thomas & Epstein, Gil S & Gang, Ira, 2002. "Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the US," CEPR Discussion Papers 3505, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  32. Epstein, Gil S & Gang, Ira, 2002. "Government and Cities: Contests and the Decentralization of Decision Making," CEPR Discussion Papers 3585, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  33. Epstein, Gil S & Weiss, Avi, 2001. "A Theory of Immigration Amnesties," CEPR Discussion Papers 2830, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  34. Epstein, Gil S & Lecker, Tikva, 2001. "Multi-Generation Model of Immigrant Earnings: Theory and Application," CEPR Discussion Papers 2750, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  35. Epstein, Gil S, 2000. "Labour Market Interactions Between Legal and Illegal Immigrants," CEPR Discussion Papers 2602, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  36. Bauer, Thomas & Epstein, Gil & Gang, Ira N., 2000. "What are Migration Networks?," IZA Discussion Papers 200, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  37. Epstein, Gil S & Hillman, Arye L., 2000. "Social Harmony At The Boundaries Of The Welfare State: Immigrants And Social Transfers," CEPR Discussion Papers 2414, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  38. Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2000. "Strategic Restraint in Contests," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  39. Epstein, Gil S & Nitzan, Shmuel, 1999. "The Endogenous Determination of Minimum Wage," CEPR Discussion Papers 2319, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  40. Epstein, Gil S & Hillman, Arye L. & Weiss, Avi, 1998. "Creating Illegal Immigrants," CEPR Discussion Papers 1796, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  41. Epstein, Gil S & Hillman, Arye L. & Ursprung, Heinrich W., 1998. "The King Never Emigrates: Political Culture and the Reluctant International Movement of People," CEPR Discussion Papers 1815, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  42. Epstein, Gil S & Hillman, Arye L., 1998. "Herd Effects and Migration," CEPR Discussion Papers 1811, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

Articles

  1. Gil Epstein & Yosef Mealem, 2009. "Group specific public goods, orchestration of interest groups with free riding," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 139(3), pages 357-369, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  2. Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N., 2009. "Good governance and good aid allocation," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 89(1), pages 12-18, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Gil Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan & Mordechai Schwarz, 2008. "Efforts in two-sided contests," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 136(3), pages 283-291, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  4. Epstein, Gil S. & Kahana, Nava, 2008. "Child labor and temporary emigration," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 99(3), pages 545-548, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  5. Gil Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan & Mordechai Schwarz, 2008. "Performance and prize decomposition in contests," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 134(3), pages 429-443, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  6. Gil Epstein & Raphaël Franck, 2007. "Campaign resources and electoral success: Evidence from the 2002 French parliamentary elections," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 131(3), pages 469-489, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  7. Gil Epstein & Ira Gang, 2007. "Understanding the development of fundamentalism," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 132(3), pages 257-271, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Gil Epstein, 2007. "Extremism within the family," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 707-715, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  9. Gil Epstein & Igal Milchtaich & Shmuel Nitzan & Mordechai Schwarz, 2007. "Ambiguous political power and contest efforts," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 132(1), pages 113-123, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  10. Gil S. Epstein, 2007. "Production, inventory and waiting time," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(6), pages 579-589. [Downloadable!]

  11. Gil Epstein & Ira Gang, 2007. "Who Is The Enemy?," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 18(6), pages 469-484. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  12. Gil S. Epstein & Ira N. Gang, 2006. "Contests, NGOs, and Decentralizing Aid," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 10(2), pages 285-296, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  13. Gil S. Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan, 2006. "Effort and Performance in Public Policy Contests," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 8(2), pages 265-282, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  14. Gil S. Epstein & Ira N. Gang, 2006. "The Influence of Others on Migration Plans," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 10(4), pages 652-665, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  15. Gil Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan, 2006. "The struggle over migration policy," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 703-723, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  16. Gil Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan, 2006. "The Politics of Randomness," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 423-433, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  17. Gil Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan, 2006. "Reduced prizes and increased effort in contests," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 26(3), pages 447-453, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  18. Gil Epstein, 2006. "The political economy of population economics," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 255-257, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  19. Gil S. Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan, 2005. "Size and distribution of prizes and efforts in contests," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 8(10), pages 1-10. [Downloadable!]

  20. Thomas Bauer & Gil Epstein & Ira Gang, 2005. "Enclaves, language, and the location choice of migrants," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 649-662, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  21. Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2004. "Strategic restraint in contests," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 48(1), pages 201-210, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  22. Drook-Gal, Bat-Sheva & Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2004. "Contestable privatization," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 54(3), pages 377-387, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  23. Gil S. Epstein, 2003. "Labor Market Interactions Between Legal and Illegal Immigrants," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 7(1), pages 30-43, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  24. Epstein, Gil S. & Hillman, Arye L., 2003. "Unemployed immigrants and voter sentiment in the welfare state," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(7-8), pages 1641-1655, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  25. Epstein, Gil S. & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2003. "The social cost of rent seeking when consumer opposition influences monopoly behavior," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 19(1), pages 61-69, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  26. Gil S. Epstein & Carsten Hefeker, 2003. "Lobbying contests with alternative instruments," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 4(1), pages 81-89, 04. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  27. Gil S. Epstein & Shmuel Nitzan, 2003. "Political culture and monopoly price determination," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 1-19, 08. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  28. Epstein, Gil S & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2002. " Stakes and Welfare in Rent-Seeking Contests," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 112(1-2), pages 137-42, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  29. Epstein, Gil S & Nitzan, Shmuel, 2002. " Asymmetry and Corrective Public Policy in Contests," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 113(1-2), pages 231-40, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  30. Epstein, Gil S. & Spiegel, Uriel, 2001. "Natural inequality, production and economic growth," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 463-473, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  31. Epstein, Gil S & Hefeker, Carsten, 2001. " Lobbying and Concessions: Comparing Nash to Stackelberg Games," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 109(1-2), pages 175-81, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  32. Epstein, Gil S., 2000. "Personal productivity and the likelihood of electoral success of political candidates," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 16(1), pages 95-111, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  33. Epstein, Gil S & Spiegel, Uriel, 2000. "A Production Function with an Inferior Input," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 68(5), pages 503-15, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  34. Epstein, Gil S. & Rapoport, Hillel & Weiss, Avi, 1999. "Drug addiction and the economic rationalization of gun control," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 55-57, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  35. Epstein, Gil S & Hillman, Arye L & Ursprung, Heinrich W, 1999. "The King Never Emigrates," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 3(2), pages 107-21, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  36. Avi Weiss & Arye L. Hillman & Gil S. Epstein, 1999. "Creating illegal immigrants," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 3-21. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  37. Epstein, G. S., 1998. "Retail pricing and clearance sales: the multiple product case," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 50(6), pages 551-563, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  38. Epstein, Gil S., 1996. "Changing a decision taken under incomplete informatio during the process of execution," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 323-329, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  39. Epstein, Gil S., 1996. "The extraction of natural resources from two sites under uncertainty," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 309-313, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

NEP Fields

40 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-ACC: Accounting & Auditing (1) 2009-05-23
  2. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (4) 2002-09-11 2003-02-18 2005-04-30 2007-08-14
  3. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2007-03-10
  4. NEP-DEV: Development (5) 2007-03-10 2007-03-10 2007-09-24 2008-07-14 2008-11-18 Author is listed
  5. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2004-08-09
  6. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (3) 2002-09-11 2002-09-11 2003-03-14
  7. NEP-HPE: History & Philosophy of Economics (1) 2009-05-23
  8. NEP-IFN: International Finance (1) 2008-07-30
  9. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (12) 2000-01-24 2000-11-20 2001-03-13 2002-03-04 2002-09-11 2003-03-14 2003-03-14 2003-03-14 2004-06-13 2007-05-12 2007-07-07 2008-07-30 Author is listed
  10. NEP-LAW: Law & Economics (1) 2000-11-20
  11. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (2) 2007-07-07 2008-07-14
  12. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (2) 2002-04-08 2005-04-30
  13. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (6) 2007-05-12 2007-07-07 2007-08-14 2007-09-24 2008-07-30 2009-07-03 Author is listed
  14. NEP-NET: Network Economics (2) 2002-09-11 2003-03-14
  15. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (3) 2002-09-11 2005-04-30 2009-05-23
  16. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (3) 2003-02-18 2005-04-03 2005-04-30
  17. NEP-PPM: Project, Program & Portfolio Management (1) 2007-03-10
  18. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 2009-05-23
  19. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2004-08-09
  20. NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (7) 2005-09-11 2006-07-21 2006-12-22 2007-03-10 2007-08-14 2008-07-30 2009-07-03 Author is listed
  21. NEP-UPT: Utility Models & Prospect Theory (1) 2009-05-23
  22. NEP-URE: Urban & Real Estate Economics (6) 2002-09-11 2002-09-11 2002-09-11 2003-02-18 2003-03-14 2003-03-14 Author is listed
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