Economic growth, environmental sustainability and the role of the service sector
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Abstract
This paper aims at providing a discussion of the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability. On this background, the author intends to investigate two related issues: on one side, why it is necessary to integrate measures of environmental regulation and proper policies of technological innovation to pursue a sustainable economic growth; on the other, to what extent the increasing weight of the services sector on domestic product can contribute to a sustainable growth.
Keywords
- environmental sustainability
- economic growth
- technological innovation
- services
