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Controlling the Cost of Controlling the Climate: The Irish Government's Climate Change Strategy

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  • Colm McCarthy & Sue Scott, 2008. "Controlling the Cost of Controlling the Climate: The Irish Government's Climate Change Strategy," Papers WP229, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
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