Concept, Developments, and Consequences of Greenwashing
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Greenwashing; external actors; “cascading greenwashing”; climate policy;All these keywords.
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- F62 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Macroeconomic Impacts
- K33 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - International Law
- M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
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