We analyze the relationship between the prices of ethanol, agricultural commodities and livestock in Nebraska, the U ….S. second largest ethanol producer. The paper focuses on long-run relations and Granger causality linkages between ethanol and …-of-sample predictive ability. Even after taking breaks into account, evidence that the price of ethanol drives the price dynamics of the …

ethanol and agricultural price returns, little is known about their whole distributions. We focus on predictability in … distribution by asking whether ethanol returns can be used to forecast different parts of field crops returns distribution, or vice … to the analyst. Results show that both the centre and the left tail of the ethanol returns distribution can be predicted …

ethanol production for 2025 reduces U.S. petroleum input use by 1.75%, and would have negligible net effects on CO2 emissions …; and although EU imports of Brazilian ethanol may look better given the high costs of other alternatives, this option is …