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The Effect of Biodiesel Policies on World Biodiesel and Oilseed Prices
Drabik, Dusan; de Gorter, Harry; Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2014
A theoretical and empirical model is developed to analyze the effect of a biodiesel mandate, a tax exemption (tax … the oilseed reduces the size of the link between biodiesel and oilseed prices. A diesel price shock with a mandate results … in a smaller change in oilseed prices compared with a tax exemption. Higher diesel prices increase biodiesel prices under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564294
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Cost-Benefit Tests for GHG Emissions from Biofuel Production
de Gorter, Harry - 2015
Biofuel greenhouse gas (GHG)-reduction standards calculated via life-cycle assessment are shown to be biased, even when indirect land-use change is included, because they are based on physical GHG emissions and uptakes and on simple aggregates of balances. We offer a GHG-reduction standard for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038799
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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
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Should Zambia Produce Biodiesel from Soybeans? Some Insights from an Empirical Analysis
de Gorter, Harry - 2017
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 … supply along with its capacity to convert soybean to biodiesel, as well as oil yield, soybean based biodiesel is likely to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974234
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The Effect of Biodiesel Policies on World Oilseed Markets and Developing Countries
de Gorter, Harry - 2017
Using an empirical model, this study provides some insights into the functioning of the oilseed-biodiesel-diesel market … complex in a large country that determines the biodiesel price, reflecting market equilibrium changes resulting from … the biodiesel and oilseed feedstock prices. Higher crude oil prices increase biodiesel prices if biofuel benefits from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974387
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'Water' in the U.S. Ethanol Tax Credit and Mandate : Implications for Rectangular Deadweight Costs and the Corn-Oil Price Relationship
de Gorter, Harry - 2015
The relationship between ethanol, corn and oil prices are analyzed under two alternative situations, depending on whether or not consumers purchase ethanol on the basis of its contribution to mileage. In all cases, market prices of ethanol can be above or below the consumer price paid for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707756
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The Welfare Economics of an Excise-Tax Exemption for Biofuels and the Interaction Effects with Farm Subsidies
de Gorter, Harry - 2015
A general theory is developed to analyze the efficiency and income distribution effects of a biofuel consumer tax exemption and the interaction effects with a price contingent farm subsidy. Using U.S. policy as an example, ethanol prices rise above the gasoline price by the amount of the tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707793
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The Perverse Effects of Biofuel Public-Sector Policies
de Gorter, Harry - 2015
Biofuel policies are a subset of policies designed to achieve energy security, an improved environment, enhanced agricultural incomes, technological change, and overall economic benefits, with increased domestic energy production creating green jobs and foreign exchange savings. In assessing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034919
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The Social Costs and Benefits of Biofuels : The Intersection of Environmental, Energy and Agricultural Policy
de Gorter, Harry - 2010
The efficacy of alternative biofuel policies in achieving energy, environmental and agricultural policy goals is assessed using economic cost-benefit analysis. Government mandates are superior to consumption subsidies, especially with suboptimal fuel taxes and the higher costs involved with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147579
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The Effect of Biodiesel Policies on World Oilseed Markets and Developing Countries
de Gorter, Harry; Drabik, Dusan; Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2013
Using an empirical model, this study provides some insights into the functioning of the oilseed-biodiesel-diesel market … complex in a large country that determines the biodiesel price, reflecting market equilibrium changes resulting from … the biodiesel and oilseed feedstock prices. Higher crude oil prices increase biodiesel prices if biofuel benefits from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559485