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The Impacts of Biofuel Targets on Land-Use Change and Food Supply : A Global CGE Assessment
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017
This study analyzes the long-term impacts of large-scale expansion of biofuels on land-use change, food supply and … lands in a few countries. The results also suggest that the expansion of biofuels would cause a reduction in food supply …. Although the magnitude of the impact on food supply at the global level is not as large as perceived earlier, it would be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976234
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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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Potential Gains and Losses of Biofuel Production in Argentina : A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Chisari, Omar O. - 2017
Argentina is one of the world's largest biodiesel producers and the largest exporter, using soybeans as feedstock. Using a computable general equilibrium model that explicitly represents the biofuel industry, this study carries out several simulations on two sets of issues: (i) international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975138
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Under What Conditions Does a Carbon Tax on Fossil Fuels Stimulate Biofuels?
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017
A carbon tax is an efficient economic instrument to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide released from fossil fuel burning. Its impacts on production of renewable energy depend on how it is designed -- particularly in the context of the penetration of biofuels into the energy supply mix for road...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975974
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Biofuels and Climate Change Mitigation : A CGE Analysis Incorporating Land-Use Change
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017
The question of whether biofuels help mitigate climate change has attracted much debate in the literature. Using a global computable general equilibrium model that explicitly represents land-use change impacts due to the expansion of biofuels, this study attempts to shed some light on this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975985
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How Much Does an Increase in Oil Prices Affect the Global Economy? Some Insights from a General Equilibrium Analysis
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017
A global computable general equilibrium model is used to analyze the economic impacts of rising oil prices with endogenously determined availability of biofuels to mitigate those impacts. The negative effects on the global economy are comparable to those found in other studies, but the impacts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974209
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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
-generation technology to society, and high population growth reduces its value because of the heightened competition for land for food …
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
Economic, agronomic, and biophysical drivers affect global land use, so all three influences need to be considered in evaluating economically optimal allocations of the world's land resources. A dynamic, forward-looking optimization framework applied over the course of the coming century shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973101
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An Economic Model of Brazil's Ethanol-Sugar Markets and Impacts of Fuel Policies
de Gorter, Harry - 2017
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974197