Consumer choice between ethanol and gasoline: Lessons from Brazil and Sweden

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6936-6942

  Pacini, Henrique ^a   Silveira, Semida ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Consumer choice; Gasoline

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; CONSUMER CHOICE; COST-EFFICIENT; DEMAND DATA; DOMESTIC PRICES; ETHANOL BLEND; FLEX-FUEL; GASOLINE PRICES; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; PRICE DIFFERENCE; RELATIVE PRICES;

BIOETHANOL; COSTS; ETHANOL; FUELS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

GASOLINE;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ETHANOL;

BRAZIL; SWEDEN;

EID: 80054875539     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

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