Much of the difference can be chalked up to a reduction in payroll: the club jettisoned Carlos Beltran and Francisco Rodriguez late last year and then let Jose Reyes leave after the season.
There was absolutely no difference in the main aim of the study, a reduction in death and hospitalization for heart or kidney problems, between patients who got Natrecor and those who did not.
From their database, the authors find that a one percentage point difference in taxes results in a 0.225% reduction in the share price at takeover, and calculating backwards this indicates that the effective tax rate is 31% of the statutory one.
Another chief difference: The 2001 program was part of a 10-year reduction in income-tax rates for all taxpayers, while the 2008 payment is one-time-only.
The difference in GFR between these patients and those who lived further away from traffic pollution was comparable to a reduction in GFR associated with being four years older, the researchers say.