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Political economy of special economic zones location in Poland

Journal of Economics and Management
Volume 47 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: Andrzej CieślikORCID  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22367/jem.2025.47.01 | Journal eISSN: 2719-9975 | Journal ISSN: 1732-1948
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 24
Submitted on: Mar 7, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 14, 2024
Published on: Jan 3, 2025
Published by: University of Economics in Katowice
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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Keywords:
lobbying,
Poland,
political economy,
special economic zones
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