Ethanol or gasoline? Consumer choice in the face of different fuel pricing systems in Brazil and Sweden

Biofuels

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 685-695

  Pacini, Henrique ^a   Silveira, Semida ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT PRICE; CONSUMER CHOICE; FLEX-FUEL; FUEL PRICING; OIL PRICES; POLICY MAKERS; PRICE MECHANISM; PRICE STABILITY; PRICE VOLATILITY; VOLATILE MARKETS;

BIOFUELS; COMMERCE; ETHANOL; GASOLINE;

COSTS;

EID: 80054848161     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.10.49     Document Type: Article

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