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Effectiveness of environmental policies on carbon emissions: A panel threshold analysis Cover

Effectiveness of environmental policies on carbon emissions: A panel threshold analysis

By: Hale Akbulut  
Open Access
|Oct 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2022.3.5 | Journal eISSN: 2450-0097 | Journal ISSN: 2392-1641
Language: English
Page range: 82 - 108
Submitted on: Apr 30, 2022
Accepted on: Sep 16, 2022
Published on: Oct 29, 2022
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