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The Impact of Digital Economy on Green Growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ECONOMICS
Volume 13 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
By: Imen Khemiri and  Mohamed Neffati  
Open Access
|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2025-0065 | Journal eISSN: 2303-5013 | Journal ISSN: 2303-5005
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Language: English
Page range: 261 - 282
Submitted on: Feb 18, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 30, 2025
Published on: Sep 2, 2025
Published by: Oikos Institut d.o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
Keywords:
Digital economy,
green growth,
sustainable development,
cointegration approach,
Saudi Arabia
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics,
Public finance and fiscal theory

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