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 … imports would cost more than the expected reduction in petroleum imports. However, if Zambia increases its domestic soybean …

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 … imports would cost more than the expected reduction in petroleum imports. However, if Zambia increases its domestic soybean …

credit) and an exogenous diesel price shock on world soybean and canola markets. The jointness in crushing oil and meal from … increase in the diesel price leads to higher canola prices, but the effect on soybean prices is ambiguous and depends on …