The impact of biofuels on commodity food prices: Assessment of findings

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-281

  Zilberman, David ^a,b   Hochman, Gal ^c   Rajagopal, Deepak ^d   Sexton, Steve ^a   Timilsina, Govinda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY MARKET; ETHANOL; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PRODUCTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872690141     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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