Private sector innovation in biofuels in the United States: Induced by prices or policies?

AgBioForum

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Karmarkar Deshmukh, Rupa ^a   Pray, Carl E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Ethanol; Government policy; Innovation; Patents

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949095087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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