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The role of interest in the unsustainability of growth: analytical findings using an accounting model

Jeroen van den Bergha Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;b ICREA, Barcelona, Spain;c School of Business and Economics & Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ivan Savina Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;d ESCP Business School, Madrid campus, Madrid, Spain;e Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, RussiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9469-0510View further author information
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Article: 2262830 | Received 18 Jun 2021, Accepted 21 Sep 2023, Published online: 16 Oct 2023

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