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Original Articles

How exposure to policy tools transforms the mechanisms behind public acceptability and acceptance—The case of the Gothenburg congestion tax

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Pages 109-119 | Received 16 Sep 2015, Accepted 31 May 2016, Published online: 07 Jun 2016

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