The literature on the relationship between ESG disclosure and economic growth is relatively non-existent. Thus, this paper highlights the importance of taking this relationship into account in current sustainable policies. The main objective of extra-financial Disclosure is to mitigate...

Weltweit wird Wirtschaftswachstum gefördert, trotz ernsthafter Konflikte mit Nachhaltigkeit und trotz der Tendenz zur säkularen Stagnation. Um zu untersuchen, ob dies „nur“ eine Frage politischen oder persönlichen Willens ist oder „unvermeidlich“ zur Bewahrung ökonomischer...

Sustainable Development involves the integration of social, environmental and economic objectives. Indeed when we refer to the sustainability of economic development, it should be well known that this is strictly related to environmental consequences, social and cultural changes and financial...

This article examines the relationship between business cycles and renewable energy consumption (REC/capita) in the European Union (EU) over the past two decades. Using a panel data regression model, the study identifies GDP growth, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and political...

We present a model of natural resources and growth that stresses the influence of an incomplete circularity of exhaustible natural resources. In particular, we analyze the recycling process and the material balance principle, two fundamental aspects of a circular economy. When market failures...

The concepts of economic and social security are very complex and dynamic, closely related to many new challenges that characterize today's societies. Our research aims at investigating the economic and social security considering the current vulnerabilities, using an integrated multicriteria...

The European Union has set ambitious goals for both energy efficiency and renewable energy use as part of its strategy to combat climate change. Using a panel data regression model that spans from 2012 to 2021, this study aims to evaluate how energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy...

Economic growth and sustainable development are important issues for social prosperity. Sustainable development strives for moderate and responsible use within the economic activity of the limited resources of our planet, whereas economic growth does not limit the resource exploitation and...

Specializing in tourism is an option available to a number of less developed countries and regions. But is it a good option? To answer this question, we have compared the relative growth performance of 14 "tourism countries" within a sample of 143 countries, observed during the period 1980-95....