The aim of this study is to investigate the direct and indirect impacts of sugarcane expansion on deforestation in the … prices of sugarcane, soybean, corn, beans, cotton and the total annual acreage as the independent variables. The impact of … estimates reveal that it is not possible to establish a direct connection between sugarcane area expansion and Amazon …

ethanol plant established in an area with a beef feeding industry. The study concludes that corn transportation costs are less … significant in plant pricing strategy than originally identified by other studies. Local ethanol plant competition is found to … explain the lower-than-feed value pricing of ethanol byproducts at the plant. In the study, average welfare effects are …

The long-run commercial viability of ethanol production depends on the ability to access an inexpensive and reliable … supply of inputs as well as finding stable markets for ethanol and its co-products. A unique feature of ethanol plants is …, and fuel (blended gasoline). The primary feedstock for first generation ethanol production is cereal grain (corn or wheat …

Our paper looks at how price volatility in the Brazilian ethanol industry changes over time and across markets. Demand … and supply forces in the energy and food markets are likely to ensure that crude oil, ethanol and feedstock prices co …-move in the long-run. Hence, when assessing price volatility changes and spillovers in the ethanol industry, one should also …

enhanced if the mandate policies are accompanied by liberalization in ethanol trade. …

. Findings provide evidence of price volatility transmission between ethanol and corn markets. They also suggest that …