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Industry restructuring and environmental performance – Decomposing the drivers of water pollution reduction in the Swedish pulp and paper industry, 1969-1989 行业重组与环境绩效--1969-1989 年瑞典纸浆和造纸业减少水污染的驱动因素分解

Uppsala Papers in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-05-24 DOI: 10.33063/upeh.v3i.610

Lars Karlsson

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Business In (Action): The International Chamber of Commerce and Climate Change from Stockholm to Rio 商业（行动）：从斯德哥尔摩到里约，国际商会与气候变化

Uppsala Papers in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.33063/upeh.v3i.592

A. Bergquist, Thomas David

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A virtuous debtor: South Korea in the Eurocurrency market, 1969 – 1984 良性债务人：1969-1984年欧洲货币市场中的韩国

Uppsala Papers in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.33063/upeh.v3i.581

Seung Woo Kim

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How Deep are the Roots of Swedish Egalitarianism? A multidimensional approach 瑞典平等主义的根基有多深？多维方法

Uppsala Papers in Economic History Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.33063/upeh.v3i.580

Johan Ericsson, Jakob Molinder

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Replacing bank money with base money: Lessons for CBDCs from the ending of private banknotes in Sweden 用基础货币取代银行货币:瑞典私人纸币的终结给cbdc的教训

Uppsala Papers in Economic History Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI: 10.33063/upeh.vi3.181

Anders Ögren

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A Wicked War 邪恶的战争

Uppsala Papers in Economic History Pub Date : 2022-06-07 DOI: 10.33063/upeh.vi2.85

Diego Castañeda Garza

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Lending of Last Resort in Monetary Unions 货币联盟的最后贷款

Uppsala Papers in Economic History Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI: 10.33063/upeh.vi1.84

Hans‐Michael Trautwein

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