A number of empirical studies on tropical forests have focused on the issues of agricultural development and deforestation. According to these studies, deforestation is assumed to be an increasing function of agricultural yields hence implying a negative external effect. Contrary, this article...

This article examines land-use, market and welfare implications of lignocellulosic bioethanol production in Hawai'i to satisfy 10% and 20% of the State's gasoline demand in line with the State's ethanol blending mandate and Alternative Fuels Standard (AFS). A static computable general...

During the period 1966/67–1984/85, the United States market share in the global wheat trade averaged 41 per cent. Recently, this percentage has declined considerably after a period when the US agricultural sector expanded rapidly to meet the needs of growing world markets. The US market share...