Correlations between biofuels and related commodities before and during the food crisis: A taxonomy perspective

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1380-1391

  Kristoufek, Ladislav ^a,b   Janda, Karel ^a,c,d   Zilberman, David ^e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION THEORY AND AUTOMATION   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Hierarchical tree; Minimal spanning tree; Networks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; HIERARCHICAL TREE; MINIMAL SPANNING TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; ETHANOL; FUELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ETHANOL FUELS;

BIOFUEL; COMMODITY; CORRELATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 84863207421     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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