The production and use of biodiesel is an important alternative in Europe to diminish the emission of gases in order to … fulfill the Kyoto protocol goals. Supported by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the production of biodiesel has increased … biodiesel is still low compared to other EU countries. The aim of the paper is to analyze consumers’ preferences for biodiesel …

environmental impact, in terms of GHG emissions, of the production and use of rapeseed biodiesel, comparing the results with … of rapeseed biodiesel entails a substantial reduction of the GHG emissions compared to the diesel production system …. Furthermore, the agricultural phase is identified as the process which causes the largest amount of GHG emissions in biodiesel …

dependence between crude oil and biodiesel blend prices in Spain. Copula models are used for this purpose. Results suggest that … the practice of blending biodiesel with diesel can protect consumers against extreme crude oil price increases. …

We analyze vertical price transmission in the German biodiesel market studying the relationship between rapeseed oil …, soya oil and biodiesel prices. We focus on the period from summer 2002 to late 2007 during which the German biodiesel …