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Ensuring a balance between economic and ecological well-being has emerged as a key concern for governments worldwide. In the contemporary era, the global economies, especially the developing ones, emphasize the relevance of achieving eco-friendly growth whereby the ecological footprint figures are aimed to be contained alongside higher economic growth. However, in the majority of the cases, the developing countries are flourishing economically but are struggling to curb their ecological footprint levels. Against this backdrop, this study aimed to check whether or not technological innovation, natural resource consumption, globalization, economic growth, human capital development, and financial development influence the ecological footprint figures in 73 developing countries over the period from 1990 to 2016. Besides, to capture the possible heterogeneity of the outcomes, this study also conducted the …