Over the course of the last few years ethanol production has expanded at an incredible pace, putting strain on corn … entry rates have spiked. Previous to 2006-2007 the ethanol industry had been consuming feedstock dedicated to export, so … little effect was felt by food markets. After 2007 ethanol’s demand for corn will begin to weigh on food markets as reduced …

This paper estimates the impact of an increase in Brazilian sugar and ethanol demand for exports upon the countries … magnitude upon the countries’ production and employment when compared to the impact from an increase in ethanol. In addition …

such as those of crude oil and ethanol using the cointegration methods. The results suggest that the prices of the non …

choices among tradeoffs. Within the transport sector alone, ethanol has been shown to be the dominant solution among viable … - the largest producer of sugarcane-based ethanol and a country with over three decades of ethanol development – we find a … strong basis for evaluating the ethanol industry’s role in a national economy. In the mid 1970’s, Brazilian ethanol …

ethanol industry. We compile data on the implementation dates for subsidies/tax credits for all states for years 1984-2007, a … passage of a numerous of state-level subsidies and tax breaks aimed at increasing ethanol production. Using Cox proportional … hazard regression analysis, we find that states are more likely to adopt ethanol subsidies when corn production is high, when …

to the deregulation of its two main products: sugar and ethanol. This growth has been driven more by the ethanol … the same period. Nevertheless, instability in the supply of ethanol is still a problem in the industry. Structural changes … and ethanol and structural changes in projections, made by industry representatives for the years 2015 and 2020, this …