Economy-wide impacts of forest bioenergy in Florida: A computable general equilibrium analysis

Taiwan Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-93

  Huang, Ming Yuan ^a   Alavalapati, Janaki R R ^b   Banerjee, Onil ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RMGEO Consultants   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Computable general equilibrium (CGE) model; Economic impacts; Florida; Forest bioenergy

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; FLORIDA; GROSS STATE PRODUCTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

BIOFUELS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY; FLORIDA; FORESTRY; FUELS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES;

EID: 84883725301     PISSN: 10264469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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