The welfare economics of a biofuel tax credit and the interaction effects with price contingent farm subsidies

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-488

  de Gorter, Harry ^a   Just, David R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Price subsidies; Rectangular deadweight costs; Tax exemption; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; OIL PRODUCTION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58149395590     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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