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- The authors gratefully acknowledge the suggestions of Melvin J. Hinich and the referees which were adopted in the revised version of this paper. This work was supported in part by H.E.W. Grants Numbers 1 ROI GM18770–01 and 1 R03 MH21454–01.
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