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Global Implications of U.S. Biofuels Policies in an Integrated Partial and General Equilibrium Framework

Birur, Dileep K.; Beach, Robert H.; Hertel, Thomas W.; … - 2010

Sector Optimization Model (FASOMGHG: Adams et al. 1996, 2005; Beach et al. 2009), a non-linear programming, PE model for the … United States. We also use the GTAP-BIO model (Birur et al. 2008), a multi-region, multi-sector CGE model for global …-scale assessment of biofuels policies. Following Britz and Hertel (2009), we link the GTAP-BIO model through a static, quadratic …

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Economics of Biomass Fuels for Electricity Production: A Case Study with Crop Residues

Maung, Thein A.; McCarl, Bruce A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008

cofiring biomass as opposed to 100% replacement because this reduces hauling costs and increases the efficiency of heat … power producers to include agricultural biomass in their fuel-mix power generation portfolios and achieve greenhouse gas …

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MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING FOR RESOURCE POLICY APPRAISAL UNDER MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES

McCarl, Bruce A. - 1992

Mathematical programming is one technique that can be used for resource policy appraisal. Multiple objectives are usually involved in resource policy considerations. This paper discusses issues regarding the use of mathematical programming techniques for the multiobjective resource policy arena....

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THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF ENSO EVENTS: THE 1997-98 EL NINO AND THE 1998-99 LA NINA

Adams, Richard M.; Chen, Chi-Chung; McCarl, Bruce A.; … - Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University - 1998

Climate is the primary determinant of agricultural productivity. In many parts of the world, including the United States, one can trace much of the year-to-year variations in climate to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenomenon. In 1997-98 the world experienced a severe El event and this is...

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ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOUTHERN FORESTS

Burton, Diana M.; McCarl, Bruce A.; Sousa, Claudio N.M. de - Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University - 1997

A multiperiod regional mathematical programming model is used to evaluate the potential economic impacts of global …

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A Multi-Sector Intertemporal Optimization Approach to Assess the GHG Implications of U.S. Forest and Agricultural Biomass Electricity Expansion

Latta, Gregory S.; Baker, Justin S.; Beach, Robert H.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

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On the Dynamics of Price Discovery: Energy and Agricultural Markets with and without the Renewable Fuels Mandate

Shiva, Layla; Bessler, David A.; McCarl, Bruce A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

We model the energy–agriculture linkage through structural vector autoregression (VAR) model. This model quantifies the …, taking into account the renewable fuel standards policies, and compare the forecasted path of prices with and without the … renewable fuels mandates. …

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A Spatial Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Bio-Fuels Energy Policy on Grain Transportation Flows

Ahmedov, Zafarbek; Power, Gabriel J.; Vedenov, Dmitry V.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

Traffic flows in the U.S. have been affected by the substantial increase and, as of January 2009, decrease in biofuel production and use. This paper considers a framework to study the effect on grain transportation flows of the 2005 Energy Act and subsequent legislation, which mandated higher...

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The Effect of Climate Change over Agricultural Factor Productivity: Some Econometric Considerations

McCarl, Bruce A.; Villavicencio, Xavier; Wu, Ximing - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

. For this purpose, we estimate a cross-section time-series model of agricultural total factor productivity for the U …

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The Edwards Aquifer Water Resource Conflict: Examining Impacts of USDA Programs

Schaible, Glenn D.; Lacewell, Ronald D.; McCarl, Bruce A. - Western Agricultural Economics Association - WAEA - 1997

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