Environmental, economic and policy aspects of biofuels

Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 353-468

  Rajagopal, Deepak ^a   Zilberman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77951998247     PISSN: 15479846     EISSN: 15479854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0700000029     Document Type: Review

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