Economic growth, environmental sustainability and the role of the service sector

Ignazio Musu

Economia dei Servizi, 2008, issue 3, 441-452

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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