Economic Analysis of Supplementing Sugarcane with Corn for Ethanol Production in Brazil: A Case Study in Uberaba

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 627-643

  Iglesias, Carlos ^a   Sesmero, Juan P ^b  

^a Syngenta Seeds Ltd   (Brazil)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn ethanol; Correlated random prices; Flexible mills; Stochastic dominance; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ETHANOL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUGAR CANE;

CORN-ETHANOL; CORRELATED RANDOM PRICES; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FLEXIBLE MILLS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; NET PRESENT VALUE; STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84940007105     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9551-4     Document Type: Article

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