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Growth and the Environment in Europe: A Guide to the Debate

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Many articles on the compatibility between growth and environmental preservation provide one single view and use particular concepts. Indeed, debates between advocates and opponents of economic growth are usually unfruitful since people do not talk the same language. The aim of this paper is to provide some clarification in this debate by offering a systematic comparison of perspectives on the basis of a benchmark economic-environmental framework.

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  1. Research Centre for Economic Policy (OCFEB), Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000, DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands

    Ruud A. De Mooij

  2. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Free University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081, HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Jeroen C.J.M. van Den Bergh

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De Mooij, R.A., van Den Bergh, J.C. Growth and the Environment in Europe: A Guide to the Debate. Empirica 29, 79–91 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015642326265

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