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Does Circular Economy Play a Key Role in Economic Growth?

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  • Livio Ferrante

    (Department of Economics and Business - University of Catania)

  • Anna Rita Germani

    (Department of Juridical and Economic Studies - Sapienza University of Rome)

Abstract

The effects of the circular economy are highly debated, and its conceptualization has been accompanied by several controversies among policy-makers and businesses. In this work, we give an empirical contribution to the debate by focusing on the association of the circular economy with some socio-economic variables showing that, regardless of the environmental benefits, measures in favour of the implementation of circular economy practices can significantly and directly contribute to economic growth.

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  • Livio Ferrante & Anna Rita Germani, 2020. "Does Circular Economy Play a Key Role in Economic Growth?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(3), pages 1855-1862.
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    Keywords

    circular economy; employment; growth; poverty reduction;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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