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SHS Web Conf.
Volume 225, 2025
2025 3rd International Conference on Financial Management and the Digital Economy (ICFMDE 2025)
Article Number 01020
Number of page(s) 14
Section Digital Economics & Behavior
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202522501020
Published online 13 November 2025
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