Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy

Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Introduction and Overview -- Are Biofuels the Best Use of Sunlight? -- Perennial Grasses as Second-Generation Sustainable Feedstocks Without Conflict with Food Production -- Present and Future Possibilities for the Deconstruction and Utilization of Lignocellulosic Biomass -- Interactions Between Biofuels, Agricultural Markets and Trade -- Price Transmission in the US Ethanol Market -- Biofuels and Agricultural Growth: Challenges for Developing Agricultural Economies and Opportunities for Investment -- Prospects for Ethanol and Biodiesel, 2008 to 2017 and Impacts on Agriculture and Food -- The Global Bioenergy Expansion: How Large Are the Food?Fuel Trade-Offs? -- Demand Behavior and Commodity Price Volatility Under Evolving Biofuel Markets and Policies -- Designing the Infrastructure for Biofuels -- Optimizing the Biofuels Infrastructure: Transportation Networks and Biorefinery Locations in Illinois -- The Capital Efficiency Challenge of Bioenergy Models: The Case of Flex Mills in Brazil -- Environmental Effects of Biofuels and Biofuel Policies -- Could Bioenergy Be Used to Harvest the Greenhouse: An Economic Investigation of Bioenergy and Climate Change? -- A Simple Framework for Regulation of Biofuels -- Market and Social Welfare Effects of the Renewable Fuels Standard -- US-Brazil Trade in Biofuels: Determinants, Constraints, and Implications for Trade Policy -- Food and Biofuel in a Global Environment -- Meeting Biofuels Targets: Implications for Land Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Nitrogen Use in Illinois -- Corn Stover Harvesting: Potential Supply and Water Quality Implications -- Economic Effects of Bioenergy Policies -- International Trade Patterns and Policy for Ethanol in the United States -- The Welfare Economics of Biofuel Tax Credits and Mandates -- Biofuels, Policy Options, and Their Implications: Analyses Using Partial and General Equilibrium Approaches -- Welfare and Equity Implications of Commercial Biofuel -- European Biofuel Policy: How Far Will Public Support Go? -- Conclusions