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Impact of biofuels on U.S. retail gasoline prices : a systematic literature review
Janda, Karel; Michalikova, Eva; Rocha, Luiz Célio Souza; … - 2022
This paper summarizes the main findings of the results in the literature on the role of ethanol in reducing retail … gasoline prices in the United States. We provide a comprehensive overview of the key results and methodologies used to obtain … identifes the main directions of the corn-ethanol focused biofuels literature through the analysis of predominant clusters. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013474518
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Impact of biofuels on U.S. retail gasoline prices: A systematic literature review
Janda, Karel; Michalikova, Eva; Rocha, Luiz Célio Souza; … - 2022
This paper summarizes the main findings of the results in the literature on the role of ethanol in reducing retail … gasoline prices in the United States. We provide a comprehensive overview of the key results and methodologies used to obtain … identifes the main directions of the corn-ethanol focused biofuels literature through the analysis of predominant clusters. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014494960
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The Economics of Water Project Capacities and Conservation Technologies
Xie, Yang; Zilberman, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
This paper builds a model determining optimal capacities of diversion dams or water transfer projects. The model incorporates stochastic inflows to the dams and the role of the dam capacity in reducing overflows, and gives a closed-form expression of the marginal benefit of capacities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068778
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Lessons from the California GM Labeling Proposition on the State of Crop Biotechnology
Zilberman, David; Kaplan, Scott; Kim, Eunice; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880946
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REPLACEMENT OF PRICE SUPPORT MEASURES BY DIRECT PAYMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL POLICIES: DOES THIS BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT? THE EFFECTS OF THE POST-1992 CAP ON PEST CONTROL IN THE E.U.
Serra, Teresa; Zilberman, David; Goodwin, Barry K.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004
The objective of this research is to determine the contribution of recent agricultural policy reforms in the E.U. on the use of crop protection products. Specifically, we concentrate on the 1992 CAP reforms. Our theoretical model adopts the multi-output generalization of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005500411
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GM Technology Adoption, Production Risk and On-farm Varietal Diversity
Krishna, Vijesh V.; Zilberman, David; Qaim, Matin - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This paper examines the impact of transgenic technology adoption on varietal diversity. Transgenic pest-resistant varieties are hypothesized to reduce farmers’ demand for on-farm diversity through an act of substitution, as both serve as production risk reducing instruments. This adverse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060386
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Co-movements of Ethanol Related Prices: Evidence from Brazil and the USA
Kristoufek, Ladislav; Janda, Karel; Zilberman, David - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2015
We use the wavelet coherence methodology to investigate relations between prices of ethanol and its feedstocks. Our … the most important ethanol markets – Brazil and the USA. For both of these markets we show that the long-run relationship … between prices of ethanol and corn (in USA) or sugar (in Brazil) is positive, strong and stable in time. Importantly, we show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011241696
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Modeling the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of Biofuels
Janda, Karel; Kristoufek, Ladislav; Zilberman, David - Institut ekonomických studií, Univerzita Karlova v Praze - 2011
This paper provides a general overview of the social, environmental, and economical issues related to biofuels and a review of economic modeling of biofuels. The increasing importance of biofuels is driven primarily by government policies since currently available biofuels are generally not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351623
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Biofuels: review of policies and impacts
Janda, Karel; Kristoufek, Ladislav; Zilberman, David - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2011
This paper provides an overview of the environmental, economical, and policy considerations related to biofuels. While the biofuel production and consumption exhibited significant increase over the first decade of the new millennium, this and further increases in biofuel production are driven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646061
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Biofuels: Review of Policies and Impacts
Janda, Karel; Kristoufek, Ladislav; Zilberman, David - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2011
This paper provides an overview of the environmental, economical, and policy considerations related to biofuels. While the biofuel production and consumption exhibited significant increase over the first decade of the new millennium, this and further increases in biofuel production are driven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010676644