The net cost of biofuels in Thailand-An economic analysis

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 834-843

  Bell, David R ^a   Silalertruksa, Thapat ^b,c   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^b,c   Kamens, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c Ministry of Education   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Economic analysis; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COSTS AND BENEFITS; DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE; GROUND LEVEL OZONE FORMATION; PER CAPITA; PETROLEUM PRICES; POLICY GOALS; SHORT TERM; THAILAND;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OZONE;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PETROLEUM; PUBLIC SPENDING; TRANSACTION COST;

THAILAND;

EID: 78650524004     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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