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Argentina is one of the world's largest biodiesel producers and the largest exporter, using soybeans as feedstock …, soybean oil, and biodiesel, and (ii) domestic policies related to biofuels, such as an introduction of biofuel mandates. Both … international prices of biofuels and feedstocks would increase Argentina's gross domestic product and social welfare. Increases in …
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The rapid rise in food prices has been a burden on the poor in developing countries, who spend roughly half of their household incomes on food. This paper examines the factors behind the rapid increase in internationally traded food prices since 2002 and estimates the contribution of various...
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ethanol and biodiesel. This paper synthesizes what the environmental, economic, and policy literature predicts about the …
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This paper analyzes the impact of large-scale expansion of biofuels on the global income distribution and poverty. A global computable general equilibrium model is used to simulate the effects of the expansion of biofuels on resource allocation, commodity prices, factor prices and household...
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Using an empirical model, this study provides some insights into the functioning of the oilseed-biodiesel-diesel market … complex in a large country that determines the biodiesel price, reflecting market equilibrium changes resulting from … the biodiesel and oilseed feedstock prices. Higher crude oil prices increase biodiesel prices if biofuel benefits from a …
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empirical model this study analyzes the economics of meeting the biodiesel mandate through soybean feedstock. The study finds … that meeting the biodiesel mandate with biodiesel from soybeans would reduce social welfare because the country's soybean … supply along with its capacity to convert soybean to biodiesel, as well as oil yield, soybean based biodiesel is likely to be …
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range from US$0.360 a liter to US$0.680 a liter while the costs for biodiesel production range from US$0.612 a liter to US$0 …
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biodiesel using jatropha curcas, a non-edible shrub widely available throughout the country by farmers for generations as a … imports, with domestic biodiesel produced from a feedstock that does not have any commercial value otherwise and thus has zero … large-scale jatropha production on different types of lands, and conversion of jatropha oil to biodiesel for domestic …
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The lack of growth in the Brazilian sugarcane-ethanol complex since the 2008 financial crisis has been blamed on policies: lower mandate, holding gasoline prices below world levels, high fuel taxes, and inadequate fuel tax exemptions for ethanol. This paper develops an empirical model of the...
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-grain feedstock based biofuels are expected to remain relatively high. By contrast, the 2020 target of biodiesel production has a high …
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