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Cinzia Alcidi, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.
Francesco Corti, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium; and University of Milan, Italy.
Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.
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Alcidi, C., Corti, F. & Gros, D. A Golden Rule for Social Investments: How to Do It. Intereconomics 57, 26–32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-022-1024-y
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