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The national bioenergy investment model: Technical documentation
Kemp-Benedict, Eric - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The National Bioenergy Investment Model is a scenario model that simulates the decisions of domestic and international investors on whether to invest in biofuel enterprises in a developing country. In the model, investors compare the profitability of different biofuel feedstock and fuel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261019
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Macro-economic policy reactions to soaring food prices in Mediterranean countries, Russia, the CIS and the GCC
Peeters, Marga; Strahilov, Kiril - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The aim of this study is to analyse the price developments and to compare national macroeconomic policies in response to the consumer prices that started to soar in 2007 across the European Neighbourhood Policy countries, the other arcelona countries2, Russia, the Gulf Cooperation Council...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526962
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The Feasibility of Further Ethanol Expansion
Gagnon, Jeffrey - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Over the course of the last few years ethanol production has expanded at an incredible pace, putting strain on corn markets and transportation systems throughout the Midwest. Driven by the government subsidy and profit possibilities, firm entry rates have spiked. Previous to 2006-2007 the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621902
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Information age to genetic revolution: Embodied technology transfer and assimilation — A tale of two technologies
Das, Gouranga Gopal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
In this paper, a fifteen regions–fifteen sectors global Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model is calibrated. It offers quantitative enumeration of 5% exogenous biotechnological invention in USA in genetically modified crops namely, maize grains and soybean. Consequently, it results in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260603
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The maximum incremental social tolerable irreversible costs (MISTICs) and other benefits and costs of introducing transgenic maize in the EU-15
Wesseler, Justus; Scatasta, Sara; Nillesen, Eleonora - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The decision to release a new transgenic crop variety for planting in the European Union (EU) is a decision under irreversibility and uncertainty. We use a real option model to assess the ex-ante incremental benefits and costs of the decision to release Bt maize and HT maize in the EU-15 member...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294600
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Acceptance of biotechnology and social-cultural implications in Ghana
Quaye, Wilhemina; Yawson, Ivy; Yawson, Robert M.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Despite major scientific progress in the application of biotechnology in agriculture, public attitudes towards … biotechnology in general and genetically modified food (GM food) products in particular remain mixed in Africa. Examining responses … order to have clear and unbiased attitudes towards agricultural biotechnology in Africa, there is the need to substitute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294606
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Editor’s introduction. the future of agricultural biotechnology: creative destruction, adoption, or irrelevance?–in honor of Prof. Vittorio Santaniello.
Wesseler, Justus; Scatasta, Sara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Biotechnology Research (ICABR) lost one of its most enthusiastic founders and most important contributors. This special issue … biotechnology issues by collecting high-quality, peerreviewed scientific contributions to the ICABR Conference held June 12-14, 2008 … in Ravello, Italy. The conference theme, The Future of Agricultural Biotechnology: Creative Destruction, Adoption, or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325671
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A stakeholder approach to investigating public perception and attitudes towards agricultural biotechnology in Ghana
Yawson, Robert M.; Quaye, Wilhemina; Williams, Irene E.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
A stakeholder survey was conducted in Ghana to assess the level of public perceptions and acceptance of agricultural biotechnologies. A total of 100 respondents drawn from academia, Non-governmental organizations, business community, government and other stakeholders were interviewed on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372591
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Transaction costs in biotechnology
Estrada, Fernando; Diaz, Natalia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper aims to relate the principles of Ronald Coase Theorem with negative impacts of biotechnology, taking cases … of specific research groups and medium-sized companies in biotechnology. We consider an application of economic theory on … analyzing the political economy of biotechnology since the transaction costs can best viewed their limitations and the limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395480
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The transaction costs in biotechnology
Estrada, Fernando; Diaz, Natalia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper aims to relate the principles of Ronald Coase Theorem with negative impacts of biotechnology, taking cases … of specific research groups and medium-sized companies in biotechnology. We consider an application of economic theory on … analyzing the political economy of biotechnology since the transaction costs can best viewed their limitations and the limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395487