The Economics of Biofuels, food, and the Environment

The Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 24-34

  Zilberman, David ^a   Rajagopal, Deepak ^b   Sexton, Steven ^a   Hochman, Gal ^a   Serra, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

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EID: 84865381631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805233211101010024     Document Type: Chapter

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