The impact of biofuel growth on agriculture: Why is the range of estimates so wide?

Food Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 227-239

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Yu, Elaine A ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Yang, Jun ^d   Msangi, Siwa ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural commodity markets; Biofuels; Economic modeling; Energy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; BIOFUEL; COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; CRUDE OIL; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY MARKET; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING;

SACCHARUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872372663     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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