The economic impact of phasing out energy consumption subsidies in GCC countries

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-49

  Al Iriani, Mahmoud A ^a   Trabelsi, Mohamed ^b  

^a Dubai Economic Council   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Laboratoire Regards University of Reims   (France)

Author keywords

Causality; Energy; GCC; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973521564     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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