8. Acaravci A. & I. Ozturk (2010). "On the relationship between energy consumption , CO 2 emissions and economic growth in Europe". Energy, 35(12), 5412-5420. [DOI:10.1016/j.energy.2010.07.009]

9. Apergis N. & I. Ozturk (2015). "Testing environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in Asian countries". Ecological Indicators, No. 52, pp. 16-22. [DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.11.026]

10. Arrow K., Bolin B., Costanza R., Dasgupta P., Folke C. & C.S. Holling (1995). "Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment". Environment and Development Economics, 1(1), 104-110. [DOI:10.1017/S1355770X00000413]

11. Charnes A., Cooper W.W. & E. Rhodes (1978). "Measuring the efficiency of decision making units". European Journal of Operational Research, 2(6), pp. 429-444. [DOI:10.1016/0377-2217(78)90138-8]

12. Common M.S., Stern D.I & E.B. Barbier (1996). "Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation: The Environmental Kuznets Curve and Sustainable Development". World Development, 24(7), pp. 1151-1160. [DOI:10.1016/0305-750X(96)00032-0]

13. Chowdhury T. (2021). "Nexus between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow and EPI Score in Brazil". International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, 12(1), pp.16-20. [DOI:10.18178/ijtef.2021.12.1.687]

14. Cole M.A. (2004). "Trade, the pollution haven hypothesis and the environmental Kuznets curve: Examining the linkages". Ecological Economics, 48(1), pp.71-81. [DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2003.09.007]

15. Dean J.M., Commission U.S.I.T., Lovely M.E. & H. Wang (2005). "Are Foreign Investors Attracted to Weak Environmental Regulations? Evaluating the Evidence from China". World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3505. [DOI:10.1596/1813-9450-3505]

16. Dinda S., Coondoo D. & M. Pal (2000). "Air quality and economic growth: An empirical study". Ecological Economics, 34(3), pp. 409-423. [DOI:10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00179-8]

17. Dissou Y., Didic S. & T. Yakautsava (2016). "Government spending on education, human capital accumulation, and growth". Economic Modelling, No. 58, pp. 9-21. [DOI:10.1016/j.econmod.2016.04.015]

18. Dogan A. & U.K. Pata (2022). "The role of ICT, R&D spending and renewable energy consumption on environmental quality: Testing the LCC hypothesis for G7 countries". Journal of Cleaner Production, 380. [DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135038]

19. Fay M. (2012). "Inclusive green growth: The pathway to sustainable development". World Bank Publications. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6058

20. Fu Q., Chen Y.E., Jang C.L. & C.P. Chang (2020). "The impact of international sanctions on environmental performance". Science of the Total Environment, No.745, 141007. [DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141007] [PMID]

21. Galeotti M., Lanza A. & F. Pauli (2006). "Reassessing the environmental Kuznets curve for CO 2 emissions : A robustness exercise B". No. 57, pp. 152-163. [DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.03.031]

22. Grosskopf S., Chung Y.H. & R. Fare (1997). "Productivity and Undesirable Outputs : A Directional Distance Function Approach". Environmental Management, pp.229-240. [DOI:10.1006/jema.1997.0146]

23. Grossman G.M. & A.B. Krueger (1991). Environmental impacts of a North American free trade agreement. 3914. [DOI:10.3386/w3914]

24. Hakimi A. & H. Hamdi (2016). "Trade liberalization, FDI inflows, environmental quality and economic growth: A comparative analysis between Tunisia and Morocco". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, No. 58, pp. 1445-1456. [DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.280]

25. Halicioglu F. (2009). "An econometric study of CO 2 emissions , energy consumption, income and foreign trade in Turkey". Energy Policy, No. 37, pp. 1156-1164. [DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.11.012]

26. Halkos G.E. & N.G. Tzeremes (2009). "Exploring the existence of Kuznets curve in countries ' environmental ef fi ciency using DEA window analysis". Ecological Economics, 68(7), pp. 2168-2176. [DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.02.018]

27. Letchumanan R. & F. Kodama (2000). "Reconciling the conflict between the "pollution-haven" hypothesis and an emerging trajectory of international technology transfer". Research Policy, 29(1), pp. 59-79. [DOI:10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00033-5]

28. Li J., Xu B. (2018). "Curse or blessing: how does natural resource abundance affect green economic growth in China?", Econ. Res.J, 53(09), pp. 151-167. [DOI:10.3390/su13084530]

29. Lin B. & J. Zhu (2019). "Fiscal spending and green economic growth: Evidence from China". Energy Economics, No. 83, pp. 264-271. [DOI:10.1016/j.eneco.2019.07.010]

30. Luzzati T.Ã. & M. Orsini (2009). "Investigating the energy-environmental Kuznets curve". Energy, 34(3), pp. 291-300. [DOI:10.1016/j.energy.2008.07.006]

31. Omri A., Nguyen D.K. & C. Rault (2014). "Causal interactions between CO2 emissions, FDI, and economic growth: Evidence from dynamic simultaneous-equation models". Economic Modelling, No. 42, pp. 382-389. [DOI:10.1016/j.econmod.2014.07.026]

32. Panayotou T. (1997). "Demystifying the environmental Kuznets curve : turning a black box into a policy tool". Environment and Development Economics, 2(4), pp. 465-484. [DOI:10.1017/S1355770X97000259]

33. Picazo-Tadeo A.J. & A. García-Reche (2007). "What makes environmental performance differ between firms? Empirical evidence from the Spanish tile industry". Environment and Planning, A, 39(9), pp. 2232-2247. [DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.10.024]

34. Sandberg M., Klockars K. & K. Wilén (2019). "Green growth or degrowth? Assessing the normative justifications for environmental sustainability and economic growth through critical social theory". Journal of Cleaner Production, No. 206, pp. 133-141. [DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.175]

35. Sapkota P. & U. Bastola (2017). "Foreign direct investment, income, and environmental pollution in developing countries: Panel data analysis of Latin America". Energy Economics, No. 64, pp. 206-212. [DOI:10.1016/j.eneco.2017.04.001]

36. Sarkodie S.A. & V. Strezov (2019). "A review on Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis using bibliometric and meta-analysis". Science of The Total Environment, No. 649, pp. 128-145. [DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.276] [PMID]

37. Shahzadi I., Yaseen M.R., Iqbal Khan M.T., Amjad Makhdum, M. S., & Ali, Q. (2022). "The nexus between research and development, renewable energy and environmental quality: Evidence from developed and developing countries". Renewable Energy, No.190, pp. 1089-1099. [DOI:10.1016/j.renene.2021.10.050]

38. Sheikhzeinoddin A., Mohammad Hassan Tarazkar A., Amirmohsen Behjat b, Usama Al-mulali C., I. O. (2022). "The nexus between environmental performance and economic growth : New evidence from the Middle East and North Africa region". Journal of Cleaner Production, 331. [DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129892]

39. Shephard R.W. (1970). "Theory of cost and production functions". Princeton University Press, Princeton. [DOI:10.2307/2230285]

40. Solarin S.A. & U. Al-Mulali (2018). "Influence of foreign direct investment on indicators of environmental degradation". Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(25), pp. 24845-24859. [DOI:10.1007/s11356-018-2562-5] [PMID]

41. Stern D.I. (2004). "The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve". World Development, 32(8), pp. 1419-1439. [DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.03.004]

42. Tyteca D. (1996). "On the Measurement of the Environmental Performance of Firms-A Literature Review and a Productive Efficiency Perspective". In Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 46. [DOI:10.1006/jema.1996.0022]

43. Xie Q & H. Wu (2021). How does trade development affect environmental performance ? New assessment from partially linear additive panel analysis. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106584 [DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106584.]

44. Zaim O. & F. Taskin (2000). "Environmental efficiency in carbon dioxide emissions in the OECD : A non-parametric approach". Environmental Management, March 1998, 95-107. [DOI:10.1006/jema.1999.0313]

45. Zofio J.L. & A.M. Prieto (2001). "Environmental efficiency and regulatory standards : the case of CO 2 emissions from OECD industries". Resource and Energy Economics, No. 23, pp. 63-83. [DOI:10.1016/S0928-7655(00)00030-0]