Does biodiesel demand affect palm oil prices in Thailand?

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 658-670

  Kochaphum, Chongprode ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,c   Vinitnantharat, Soydoa ^a,b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b not available   (Thailand)

^c Ministry of Education   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Currency saving; Food price; Net socio economic impact; Oil palm price; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; BLENDING; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; OIL SHALE; OILS AND FATS;

CURRENCY SAVING; FOOD PRICES; OIL PALM; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; THAILAND;

PALM OIL;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; COMMODITY PRICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DIESEL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

THAILAND;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84888831837     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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