Accounting matters: Revisiting claims of decoupling and genuine green growth in Nordic countries

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Accounting matters : Revisiting claims of decoupling and genuine green growth in Nordic countries. / Tilsted, Joachim Peter; Bjørn, Anders; Majeau-Bettez, Guillaume; Lund, Jens Friis.

In: Ecological Economics, Vol. 187, 107101, 2021.

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Tilsted, JP, Bjørn, A, Majeau-Bettez, G & Lund, JF 2021, 'Accounting matters: Revisiting claims of decoupling and genuine green growth in Nordic countries', Ecological Economics, vol. 187, 107101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107101

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Tilsted, J. P., Bjørn, A., Majeau-Bettez, G., & Lund, J. F. (2021). Accounting matters: Revisiting claims of decoupling and genuine green growth in Nordic countries. Ecological Economics, 187, [107101]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107101

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Tilsted JP, Bjørn A, Majeau-Bettez G, Lund JF. Accounting matters: Revisiting claims of decoupling and genuine green growth in Nordic countries. Ecological Economics. 2021;187. 107101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107101

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Tilsted, Joachim Peter ; Bjørn, Anders ; Majeau-Bettez, Guillaume ; Lund, Jens Friis. / Accounting matters : Revisiting claims of decoupling and genuine green growth in Nordic countries. In: Ecological Economics. 2021 ; Vol. 187.

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