Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267710 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ICAE Working Paper Series No. 143
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy (ICAE), Linz
Abstract: 
This paper explores whether the EU's new economic development model of "competitive sustainability" could serve as a role model for ecologically sustainable development models for advanced economies in general. To this end, we first discuss theoretically the interplay between "competitiveness" and "sustainability" and identify several challenges for combining them. In delineating different interpretations of competitive sustainability, we emphasize that operationalizing the concept requires deliberate design of the institutions governing competition so that it can contribute to sustainability. We substantiate our claim by using in-put-output data to analyze whether the identified challenges are indeed relevant. We conclude that they are, and finally propose possible solutions.
Subjects: 
competition
sustainability
development
Europe dependency
planetary boundaries
JEL: 
B52
F55
O20
O44
Q01
Q57
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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