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Original Articles

Institutional and policy frameworks shaping the wooden multi-storey construction markets: a comparative case study on Austria and Finland

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Pages 312-324 | Received 16 Feb 2019, Accepted 06 Jul 2019, Published online: 15 Jul 2019

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