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Introduction: 20 years later

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2014

Anastasios Xepapadeas
Affiliation:
Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Businessand Beijer Fellow, 76 Patission Street, 104 34 Athens, Greece. E-mail: xepapad@aueb.gr
Joan Stefan
Affiliation:
Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece. E-mail: stefan@aueb.gr

Extract

The journal Environment and Development Economics began operating in 1995; in a few months, it will complete 20 years of operation. It seemed appropriate to mark this occasion with a special issue of the journal that would provide some perspective on the field, looking both backward at what has been achieved and forward to what lies ahead.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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