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Integrity: A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics, and Legality -- Abridged (English Language Version)

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 10-061, Barbados Group Working Paper No. 10-01, Simon School Working Paper No. 10-07

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2016

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Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Steve Zaffron

Independent, SSRN and Landmark Worldwide LLC

There are 4 versions of this paper

Downloads 15,169

2.

The sharing economy: Why people participate in collaborative consumption

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2015, DOI: 10.1002/asi.23552

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 31 May 2013 Last Revised: 03 May 2016

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Juho Hamari, Mimmi Sjöklint and Antti Ukkonen

School of Information Science, University of Tampere, Copenhagen Business School and Helsinki Institute for Information Technology

Downloads 11,308

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Families Facing Tax Increases Under Trump's Tax Plan

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Research Report, Oct. 28, 2016

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2016

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Lily L. Batchelder

New York University School of Law

Downloads 7,875

4.

Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality

The Accounting Review, Vol. 91, No. 6, pp. 1697-1724.

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2017

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Mozaffar Khan, George Serafeim and Aaron S. Yoon

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, Harvard University - Harvard Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Business School

Downloads 7,414

5.

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Context

Chapter in: Crane, A., Matten, D., and Spence, L.J., 'Corporate Social Responsibility: Readings and Cases in a Global Context', 2/e. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 3-26

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2013

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Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten and Laura J. Spence

University of Bath - School of Management, York University - Schulich School of Business and University of London - Royal Holloway College

Downloads 6,618

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Combating Global Climate Change: Why a Carbon Tax is a Better Response to Global Warming than Cap and Trade

Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2009, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 117

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2013

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Reuven S. Avi-Yonah and David M. Uhlmann

University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan Law School

Downloads 6,148

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The Effects of Corruption on Growth, Investment, and Government Expenditure

IMF Working Paper No. 96/98

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Feb 2006

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Paolo Mauro

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Downloads 6,131

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Sustainability Science

KSG Working Paper No. 00-018

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Feb 2001

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Robert Kates, William C. Clark, J. Michael Hall, Carlo Jaeger, Ian Lowe, James J. McCarthy, Hans J. Schellnhuber, Bert Bolin, Nancy M. Dickson, Sylvie Faucheux, Gilberto C. Gallopin, Arnulf Gruebler, Brian Huntley, Jill Jäger, Narpat S. Jodha, Roger E. Kasperson, Akin Mabogunje, Pamela Matson, Harold Mooney, Berrien Moore III, Tim O'Riordan and Uno Svedin

Independent Scholar, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Government of the United States of America - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Independent, Independent, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Stockholm University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Independent, Independent, Independent, Independent, Harvard University - Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability (ISTS), Independent, Independent, Independent, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University - Department of Biological Sciences, Independent, University of East Anglia (UEA) - School of Environmental Sciences and Independent

Downloads 5,854

9.

Corporate Governance in India - Evolution and Challenges

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jan 2005

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Rajesh Chakrabarti

OP Jindal Global University

Downloads 5,141

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What is Corruption?: A History of Corruption Studies and the Great Definitions Debate

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Jan 2011

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Mark J. Farrales

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Division of Social Sciences

Downloads 4,853

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The Role of Globalization in Economic Development

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 14 Mar 2013

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Brandon Levy

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 4,559

12.

Sweatshops, Choice, and Exploitation

Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 689-727, October 2007

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 May 2006 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2010

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Matt Zwolinski

University of San Diego

Downloads 4,160

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The Impacts of the World Bank and IMF Structural Adjustment Programmes on Africa: The Case Study of Cote D'Ivoire, Senegal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

Sacha Journal of Policy and Strategic Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 110-130, 2011

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 May 2012 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2016

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Kato Gogo Kingston

University of Port Harcourt

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14.

Some Consequences of Globalization for Developing Countries

1996 Kiel Working Paper 756, Institut fur Weltwirtschaft

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Oct 1996

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Erich Gundlach and Peter Nunnenkamp

University of Hamburg and University of Kiel

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Role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Rural Development: A Study of the Six Listed NGOs in Rivers State, Nigeria

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2013

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Newman Chintuwa Enyioko

Medonice Consulting and Research Institute

Downloads 3,664

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The Impacts of Electronic Banking on Customer Satisfaction in Ethiopian Banking Industry (The Case of Dashen and Wogagen Banks in Gondar City)

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 14 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2015

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Milion Assefa Tafa

Independent

Downloads 3,642

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Sustainability, Accountability and Corporate Governance: Exploring Multinationals' Reporting Practices

Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 1-15, 2008

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 May 2006 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2014

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Ans Kolk

University of Amsterdam Business School

Downloads 3,619

18.

Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective

Chapter in Stewardship of the Future, edited by Ed Lawler, Sue Mohrman, and James O’Toole, Greenleaf, 2015.,

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2014

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Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim

Harvard Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Business School

Downloads 3,458

19.

Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria: Western Mimicry Or Indigenous Influences?

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Apr 2006

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Kenneth M. Amaeshi, A.B. C. Adi, Chris Ogbechie and Olufemi O. Amao

University of Edinburgh Business School, Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University - Lagos Business School and University of Sussex Law School

There are 2 versions of this paper

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20.

International Law, Dignity, Democracy, and the Arab Spring

46 Cornell International Law Journal 1 (2013), U of Houston Law Center No. 2012-A-3

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2014

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Jordan J. Paust

University of Houston Law Center

Downloads 3,370

21.

Globalization Effect on Education and Culture: An Analysis

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 28 May 2012

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Naveen Kumar Sharma Sr.

Government Engineering College, Bikaner

Downloads 3,362

22.

A Century of Global Stock Markets

Yale School of Management Working Paper No. F-55

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Feb 1997

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Philippe Jorion and William N. Goetzmann

University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business and Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,244

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Generating Employment in Poor and Fragile States: Evidence from Labor Market and Entrepreneurship Programs

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2017

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Christopher Blattman and Laura Ralston

University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy and World Bank

Downloads 3,142

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A Guide to Starting Social Security Benefits

Journal of Retirement Planning, July-August 2008, U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE08-025

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 04 Aug 2008

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Richard L. Kaplan

University of Illinois College of Law

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Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries: A Survey of Theoretical Predictions and Empirical Findings

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3915

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 26 Jul 2006

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Somik V. Lall, Harris Selod and Zmarak Shalizi

World Bank, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and World Bank - Research Department

Downloads 3,080

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Discovering the Endgame in the Offshore Debate

Journal of Financial Transformation, Vol. 8, pp. 103-112, September 2003

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2009

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Bill Irving, Shahin Shojai and Suresh Gupta

Capco, Capco Institute and Capco

Downloads 3,056

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On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Sep 2001

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Elizabeth Asiedu

University of Kansas - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,032

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Branchless and Mobile Banking Solutions for the Poor: A Survey

Innovations, Vol. 6, No. 4, Fall 2011

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 24 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2014

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Ahmed Dermish, Christoph Kneiding, Paul Leishman and Ignacio Mas

Bankable Frontier Associates, World Bank - Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Tufts University

Downloads 3,027

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Globalization of Financial Institutions: Evidence from Cross-Border Banking Performance

FRB Chicago Working Paper No. 1999-25

Number of pages: 116 Posted: 08 Feb 2000

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Allen N. Berger, Robert DeYoung, Hesna Genay and Gregory F. Udell

University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, University of Kansas School of Business, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,930

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A Study on the Impact of Globalization in Developing Countries: Focus on Africa from a Liberal Perspective

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Mar 2012

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Patrick Mutua Kioko

Kolping Organization of Kenya

Downloads 2,908

31.

Globalization to Glocalization: A Conceptual Analysis

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 Dec 2008

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Mohammad Shamsuddoha

University of Chittagong

Downloads 2,804

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Intellectual Capital and Firm Performance of U.S. Multinational Firms: A Study of the Resource-Based and Stakeholder Views

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 27 Jan 2003

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Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui

University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Accounting

Downloads 2,786

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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 May 2005

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Elizabeth Asiedu

University of Kansas - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,768

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Responsible Innovation and the Innovation of Responsibility: Governing Sustainable Development in a Globalized World

Journal of Business Ethics, 143 (2017), pp. 227–243, DOI 10.1007/s10551-015-2769-z ,

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2017

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Christian Voegtlin and Andreas Georg Scherer

Audencia Business School and University of Zurich - IBW Department of Business Administration

Downloads 2,697

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Globalization of Equity Markets and the Cost of Capital

Dice Center Working Paper no. 99-1

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 13 Apr 1999

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René M. Stulz

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,683

36.

Brexit: A Drama in Six Acts

European Law Review August 2016, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 45/2016

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jul 2016

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Paul P. Craig

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law

Downloads 2,672

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The Relevance of Forensic Accounting to Financial Crimes in Private and Public Sectors of Third World Economies: A Study from Nigeria

Proceedings of The 1st International Conference on Governance Fraud Ethics and Social Responsibility, June 11-13, 2009

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2013

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Abubakar Kasum

University of Ilorin

Downloads 2,666

38.

Balancing Sweatshop Ethics And Economics

Labor Standards Working Paper No. 9901

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 14 Jan 2000

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Laura P. Hartman, Bill Shaw and Rodney Stevenson

DePaul University - College of Commerce, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management and University of Wisconsin - Madison - School of Business

Downloads 2,663

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Who is Hit Hardest During a Financial Crisis? The Vulnerability of Young Men and Women to Unemployment in an Economic Downturn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4359

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Aug 2009

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Sher Verick

International Labour Organization (ILO)

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40.

The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Prices

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1072

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Apr 2004

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Sara Lemos

University of Leicester

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Foreign Direct Investment in India Since 1991: Trends, Challenges and Prospects

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Aug 2009

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M. K. Dutta and Gopal Kumar Sarma

affiliation not provided to SSRN and IIT Guwahati

Downloads 2,566

42.

From Talk to Walk: The Emergence of Human Rights Responsibilities for Corporations at International Law

Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 931-1023, 2004

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 15 Aug 2006

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David Kinley and Junko Tadaki

The University of Sydney Law School and NYU Law School

Downloads 2,558

43.

Can Microfinance Reduce Portfolio Volatility?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2014

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Ingo Walter and Nicolas A. Krauss

New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,557

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Enlightened Shareholder Value, Social Responsibility, and the Redefinition of Corporate Purpose Without Law

Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-11

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Jun 2010

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David Millon

Washington and Lee University - School of Law

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45.

On the Causes of Brexit

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6056

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Oct 2016

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Agust Arnorsson and Gylfi Zoega

University of Iceland and University of Iceland

Downloads 2,532

46.

Measuring Education Inequality: Gini Coefficients of Education

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2525

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Jan 2001

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Vinod Thomas, Yan Wang and Xibo Fan

World Bank - Brazil, Peking University and The World Bank

Downloads 2,481

47.

Why We Engage: How Theories of Human Behavior Contribute to Our Understanding of Civic Engagement in a Digital Era

Berkman Center Research Publication No. 21

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Oct 2013

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Eric Gordon, Jessica Baldwin-Philippi and Martina Balestra

Emerson College, Emerson College and New York University (NYU), Students

Downloads 2,465

48.

Corruption, Growth, and Public Finances

IMF Working Paper No. 00/182

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Feb 2006

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Vito Tanzi and Hamid R. Davoodi

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,448

49.

Why Policies Fail in Nigeria: An Evaluation of Agriculture Policies Made from 1972-1985

OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 84-86, 2010

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Aug 2010

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Olanrewaju Olaoye

University of Lincoln (UK) - School of Social Sciences

Downloads 2,445

50.

Readings in the Field of Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

KSG Working Paper

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 09 Aug 1999

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Robert N. Stavins and Alexander Pfaff

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Duke University - Policy, Economics, Environment

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