Energy forecasts are widely used by the U.S. government, politicians, think tanks,and utility companies. While short-term forecasts were reasonably accurate, medium andlong-range forecasts have almost always been highly erroneous. In the U.S. many energypolicy decisions are driven by Annual...

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) will soon start to be introduced into the transportation sector, thereby raising a host of issues related to their use, adoption and effects on the electricity sector. Their introduction has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the...

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/18/10.

Biogas recovery systems that use methane from manure to generate electricity have not been widely adopted in U.S. mainly because the costs of constructing and maintaining these systems have exceeded the value of the benefits provided. Climate change mitigation and renewable energy policies could...

The implementation of a crop insurance program is an oldrequirement of the agricultural sector. After the failure of the NationalCrop Insurance Company (CNSA), in the period of 1954 through 1966,the federal government started to stimulate the agricultural insurance market. Aiming increase the...

This study objective at investigating the Brazilian soybean complex in the period 1990 to 2006, using the theoretical model of Brander-Spencer (1984) and the instrument of strategies based on game theory. The methodology used to estimate the payoffs of the game between Brazil and the United...

Tyrimo objektas – ūkininko ūkio finansinės būklės ir rezultatų vertinimas.Darbo tikslas – sudaryti ūkininko ūkio finansinės būklės ir rezultatų vertinimo metodiką, grindžiamą palyginamumo principu.Tyrimo tikslui pasiekti darbe numatoma išspręsti šiuos uždavinius:1....