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spellingShingle Kılıç, Merve, Kuzey, Cemil, International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, The effect of corporate governance on carbon emission disclosures : Evidence from Turkey, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Development, Geography, Planning and Development, Global and Planetary Change
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title_full The effect of corporate governance on carbon emission disclosures : Evidence from Turkey
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title_sub Evidence from Turkey
title_unstemmed The effect of corporate governance on carbon emission disclosures : Evidence from Turkey
topic Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Development, Geography, Planning and Development, Global and Planetary Change
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