Natural resource rent (NRR) can be a blessing for the economic growth of resource-rich economies but may cause environmental problems. The present research explores the effects of NRR, economic growth, trade openness (TO), and foreign direct investment (FDI) on the carbon intensities of...

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an ambitious development project initiated by the Chinese government to foster economic progress worldwide. This study aims to investigate the dynamics of energy, economy, and environment among 42 BRI developing countries using an annual frequency panel...

The study investigates the relationship between industrial production and environmental quality in a Chinese economy. The estimates of the ARDL bounds test over the sample 1972-2020 provide evidence of the long-run relation between industrial production and environmental quality in the presence...