Beyond the Fixation on Carbon Pricing: A New Framework for Designing Climate Policy
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ie-2025-0054 | Journal eISSN: 1613-964X
Language: English
Page range: 275 - 280
Published on: Oct 23, 2025
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