Carbondioxideemissionsandgovernance:AnonparametricanalysisfortheG-20 Halkos,GeorgeandTzeremes,Nickolaos MunichPersonalRePEcArchive

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Carbon dioxide emissions and

governance: A nonparametric analysis for the G-20

Halkos, George and Tzeremes, Nickolaos

University of Thessaly, Department of Economics

1 August 2012

Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/40387/

MPRA Paper No. 40387, posted 31 Jul 2012 14:18 UTC

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