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An Economic Model of Brazil's Ethanol-Sugar Markets and Impacts of Fuel Policies
de Gorter, Harry - 2017
policies. Unlike biofuel mandates and tax exemptions elsewhere, Brazil's fuel-ethanol-sugar markets and fuel policies are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974197
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The Export-Productivity Link in Brazilian Manufacturing Firms
Cirera, X. - 2017
This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the … significantly, but with stagnant aggregate growth in total factor productivity. The paper first estimates firm-level total factor … productivity under alternative assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following a GMM procedure. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971419
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Efficient Financial Allocation and Productivity Growth in Brazil
Calice, Pietro - 2018
This paper attempts to study the impact of Brazilian Development Bank credit on resource misallocation in Brazil, using … improving the allocative efficiency of the earmarked credit system in Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912349
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Sugar Prices, Labour Income and Poverty in Brazil
Krivonos, Ekaterina - 2006
household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779255
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The Economic Viability of Jatropha Biodiesel in Nepal
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017
Nepal depends entirely on imports for meeting its demand for petroleum products, which account for the largest share in total import volume. Diesel is the main petroleum product consumed in the country and accounts for 38 percent of the total national CO2 emissions from fuel consumption. There...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971635
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What is the Social Value of Second-Generation Biofuels?
Hertel, Thomas W. - 2017
What is second-generation biofuel technology worth to global society? A dynamic, computable partial equilibrium model (called FABLE) is used to assess changes in global land use for crops, livestock, biofuels, forestry, and environmental services, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, with and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972356
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Confronting the Food-Energy-Environment Trilemma : Global Land Use in the Long Run
Steinbuks, Jevgenijs - 2017
productivity shocks from climate change have a modest effect on global land use, such shocks combined with rapid growth in energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973101
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Macroeconomic and Distributional Impacts of Jatropha-Based Biodiesel in Mali
Boccanfuso, Dorothée - 2017
Mali, a landlocked West African nation at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, has introduced a program to produce biodiesel using jatropha curcas, a non-edible shrub widely available throughout the country by farmers for generations as a living fence for their gardens. The aim of the program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974230
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Are Biofuels Economically Competitive with Their Petroleum Counterparts?Production Cost Analysis for Zambia
Sinkala, Thomson - 2017
With increased global interest in biofuels, Zambia, a Sub-Saharan African country that entirely depends on imports for its petroleum supply, is planning to implement blending mandates for biofuels. But, a large number of issues -- including production costs of biofuels, land requirements to meet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974231
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Should Zambia Produce Biodiesel from Soybeans? Some Insights from an Empirical Analysis
de Gorter, Harry - 2017
Facing a huge fiscal burden due to imports of entire petroleum despite the availability of a surplus of agricultural land to produce biofuels, Zambia, a country in Sub-Saharan Africa, has recently introduced a biofuel mandate. But, a number of questions, particularly those related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974234