Impact of Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, and FDI through Environmental Kuznets Curve: Perspective from Belt and Road Initiative and Pakistan

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Explanatory variables</td><td class="align_center">Symbol</td><td class="align_center">Hypothesis</td><td class="align_center">Expected sign</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Gross domestic product per capita</td><td class="align_center">GDP</td><td class="align_center">Gross domestic product per capita has a positive relation with CO<sub>2</sub> emission.</td><td class="align_center">Positive</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Foreign direct investment</td><td class="align_center">FDI</td><td class="align_center">Foreign direct investment has a positive relation with CO<sub>2</sub> emission.</td><td class="align_center">Positive/negative</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Energy consumption</td><td class="align_center">EnC</td><td class="align_center">Energy consumption has a positive relation with CO<sub>2</sub> emission.</td><td class="align_center">Positive</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Impact of Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, and FDI through Environmental Kuznets Curve: Perspective from Belt and Road Initiative and Pakistan 

Table 2 | Impact of Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, and FDI through Environmental Kuznets Curve: Perspective from Belt and Road Initiative and Pakistan 