Monetized value of the environmental, health and resource externalities of soy biodiesel

Energy Economics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-24

  Winden, Matthew ^a   Cruze, Nathan ^b   Haab, Tim ^c   Bakshi, Bhavik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b Research and Development Division   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuels; External cost; Externalities; Q42; Q48; Q51; Q53; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; DIESEL FUELS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LIFE CYCLE;

EXTERNAL COSTS; EXTERNALITIES; Q42; Q48; Q51; Q53; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BIODIESEL;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOENERGY; DAMAGE; DIESEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SOYBEAN; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84912050528     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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