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The concept of political instability in economic research Cover
By: Łukasz Jannils  
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|Sep 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2021-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2543-5361 | Journal ISSN: 2299-9701
Language: English
Page range: 268 - 284
Submitted on: Nov 26, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 17, 2021
Published on: Sep 30, 2021
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