The composition and impact of stakeholders' agendas on US ethanol production

Energy Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 647-658

  Talamini, Edson ^a   Eduardo Caldarelli, Carlos ^b   Wubben, Emiel F M ^c   Dewes, Homero ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Public policy; Text mining

Indexed keywords

BI-DIRECTIONAL; CAUSATION ANALYSIS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS; IN-LINE; LIQUID BIOFUELS; MASS MEDIA; NEWS SOURCES; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICAL ISSUES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS; SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; TEXT-MINING; TIME LAG; TREND ANALYSIS;

BIOFUELS; ETHANOL; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLISHING;

LIQUIDS;

BIOFUEL; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; GAS PRODUCTION; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866888573     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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