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ACCOUNTING, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & BUSINESS ETHICS

Environmental tax and global income inequality: A method of moments quantile regression analysis

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Article: 2181139 | Received 29 Dec 2022, Accepted 13 Feb 2023, Published online: 26 Feb 2023

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