Market-oriented ethanol and corn-trade policies can reduce climate-induced US corn price volatility

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Verma, Monika ^a   Hertel, Thomas ^b,c   Diffenbaugh, Noah ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Earth System Science Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuels; climate change; corn yields; ethanol; US corn price volatility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ETHANOL; GLOBAL WARMING;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; CORN YIELDS; CRUDE OIL PRICES; ENERGY MARKETS; ETHANOL INDUSTRY; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; PRICE VARIABILITY; PRICE VOLATILITY;

COSTS;

AGRICULTURAL PRICE; BIOFUEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY MARKET; ETHANOL; MAIZE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRADE POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84903639518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/064028     Document Type: Article

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