In this paper we seek to understand the impact of expanded use of soybean oil biodiesel to address biofuel mandates on global vegetable oil markets, and in particular on the demand for palm oil. An open-economy equilibrium model is derived to investigate the market effects of biodiesel expansion...

This paper builds an open structural model in order to estimate the influence of oil and coal prices on demand for uranium. Uranium was found to be price inelastic, but strongly elastic with respect to economic growth