Market power in the corn sector: How does it affect the impacts of the ethanol subsidy?

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-194

  Saitone, Tina L ^a   Sexton, Richard J ^a,b   Sexton, Steven E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn ethanol; Market power; Oligopony; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 50249143973     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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