How does increased corn-ethanol production affect US natural gas prices?

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2315-2325

  Whistance, Jarrett ^a   Thompson, Wyatt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuel policies; ethanol; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONSUMER PRICES; CORN-ETHANOL; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; LEAST SQUARE; NATURAL GAS MARKETS; NATURAL GAS PRICE; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TAX CREDITS; TWO STAGE;

COSTS; ETHANOL; GASES; MODEL STRUCTURES;

NATURAL GAS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; ETHANOL; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NATURAL GAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949272128     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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