Impact of US biofuel policy on US corn and gasoline price variability

Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 505-513

  McPhail, Lihong Lu ^a   Babcock, Bruce A ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel policy; Commodity; Price variability; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

COMMODITY; COMMODITY PRICES; FOOD INSECURITY; GASOLINE PRICES; PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM; POLICY ACTIONS; POLICY FORMATION; PRICE VARIABILITY; PRICE-ELASTICITY OF DEMAND; RENEWABLE FUELS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; COMMODITY PRICE; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; FOOD SECURITY; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLEUM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STOCHASTICITY;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855697472     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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