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Factorizing the Changes in CO2 Emissions from Indian Road Passenger Transport: A Decomposition Analysis

By: Monika Gupta and  Sanjay Singh  
Open Access
|Jan 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2016-0036 | Journal eISSN: 2344-5416 | Journal ISSN: 1842-4120
Language: English
Page range: 67 - 83
Published on: Jan 23, 2017
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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