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Workers’ Earnings Losses Due to the Low-Carbon Transition. Theory and Application in a CGE Model

Central European Economic Journal
Volume 12 (2025): Issue 59 (January 2025)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2025-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2543-6821 | Journal ISSN: 2544-9001
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Language: English
Page range: 186 - 204
Submitted on: Aug 29, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 9, 2025
Published on: Aug 5, 2025
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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Keywords:
Just transition,
Computable General Equilibrium,
Climate Change Mitigation,
mining phase-out
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics,
Economic policy

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