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Panel Estimation of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 Emissions and Ecological Footprint: Environmental Sustainability in Developing Countries Cover

Panel Estimation of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 Emissions and Ecological Footprint: Environmental Sustainability in Developing Countries

By: Sevilay Konya  
Open Access
|Dec 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2022-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0198 | Journal ISSN: 1730-4237
Language: English
Page range: 123 - 145
Submitted on: Jul 2, 2022
Accepted on: Oct 25, 2022
Published on: Dec 20, 2022
Published by: University of Szczecin
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