The effect of environmentally sustainable practices on firm R&D: International evidence

Economic Modelling

Volumn 78, Issue , 2019, Pages 262-274

  Banerjee, Rajabrata ^a   Gupta, Kartick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment; Institutional quality; R D; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054433515     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2018.09.024     Document Type: Article

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