The economics of biofuel policies : impacts on price volatility in grain and oilseed market / Harry de Gorter, Dusan Drabik, David R. Just.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Gorter, Harry, author.

Drabik, Dusan, author.

Just, David R., author.

Series:

Palgrave studies in agricultural economics and food policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomass energy--Prices--Government policy.

Biomass energy.

Biomass energy--Economic aspects.

Prices.

Government policy.

Physical Description:

xxx, 282 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York City, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Contents:

How biofuel policies ushered in the new era of high and volatile grain and oilseed prices

The economics of biofuel policies: the theory of corn-ethanol and ethanol-gasoline price links

Measures of biofuel policy impact on food commodity prices

A forensic analysis of the food commodity price boom of 2008

A critique of the literature analyzing biofuel policy and the 2008 food commodity price boom

The economics of developing country policy responses and biofuel policies

An enhanced exposition of the corn-ethanol-energy price linkages

The impact of biofuel policies on food commodity price volatility

The economics of biodiesel and the central role of European Union's policies

The complex structure of the US biofuel mandate: a handbook

The economics of Brazil's sugarcane-ethanol/sugar complex and policies

The interaction effects between biofuels, policies and countries

The impact of biofuel policies in the future: some concluding remarks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137414847

1137414847

OCLC:

893721611