USA. We have benefited from conversations with James F. Burgess, Jr. and David C. Wheelock. We are grateful for financial support from the Belgian Government (" Projet d'Actions de Recherche Concertées, PARC no. 93/98–164), and from the Management Science Group, US Department of Veterans Affairs. We alone, of course, are responsible for any remaining errors in the current text.

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