Welfare impacts of alternative biofuel and energy policies

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1235-1256

  Cui, Jingbo ^a   Lapan, Harvey ^a   Moschini, Giancarlo ^a   Cooper, Joseph ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuel policies; carbon tax; ethanol subsidy; gasoline tax; greenhouse gas emissions; mandates; renewable fuel standard; second best

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054883807     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar053     Document Type: Article

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