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Driving Innovation? – Carbon Tax Effects in the Swedish Transport Sector

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  • Gruhl, Henri

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  • Brehm, Johannes & aus dem Moore, Nils & Gruhl, Henri, 2022. "Driving Innovation? – Carbon Tax Effects in the Swedish Transport Sector," VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics 264085, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • L91 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Transportation: General
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    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
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