Land-use and greenhouse gas implications of biofuels: Role of technology and policy

Climate Change Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Xiaoguang ^a,b   Huang, Haixiao ^a,b   Khanna, Madhu ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuel production mandate; biofuel tax credits; carbon tax; greenhouse gas emissions; indirect land use change; Land use; rebound effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871827428     PISSN: 20100078     EISSN: 20100086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S2010007812500133     Document Type: Article

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