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Economic policy and confidence of economic agents – a causal relationship? Cover

Economic policy and confidence of economic agents – a causal relationship?

By: Silvo Dajčman  
Open Access
|Dec 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2020-0023 | Journal eISSN: 1804-1663 | Journal ISSN: 1213-2446
Language: English
Page range: 471 - 484
Submitted on: Apr 10, 2020
Accepted on: Sep 24, 2020
Published on: Dec 17, 2020
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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