%0 Journal Article %T COINTEGRATION BETWEEN CARBON EMISSION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN TWO NEIGHBOR COUNTRIES: A STUDY ON GEORGIA AND TURKEY %A Musa G¨¹N %J - %D 2019 %X In today¡¯s world, carbon emissions, energy consumption, and economic growth are an issue of interest for all countries that want to continue growing by establishing a balance between energy and carbon emissions. This brief research investigates the relationship between carbon emissions, energy consumption and economic growth using data between the years 1997-2014 period for Turkish and Georgian economies. Panel data cointegration tests are carried to analyze the relationship between variables. The overall finding results indicate that there is a significant relationship between the variables for the Georgian and Turkish economies. Moreover, the tests results are consistent with the general assumption of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis %K Enerji t¨¹ketimi %K karbon emisyonu %K ekonomik b¨¹y¨¹me %K T¨¹rkiye %K G¨¹rcistan %U http://dergipark.org.tr/ulikidince/issue/38199/397486