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This study investigates the economic effects of external oil and food price shocks in thecontext of selected Asia and … and Taiwan are highly affectedby international oil price shocks. Oil price shocks negatively affect industrial output … and New Zealand with diverse mineral resources other than oilare not affected by oil price shocks. Only exchange rates are …
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demand from China and India, large mandated increases in ethanol production, droughts in some key agricultural producer … these price variables are, evidently, closely connected, it is not entirely clear how exogenous price shocks are transmitted … commodity prices in order to: (i) Investigate the transmission mechanism of the price shocks associated with the commodity boom …
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in the international market may differ greatly depending on whether the increase is driven by demand or supply shocks in … attributed to shocks to aggregate demand for industrial commodities while none can be traced to oil supply shocks. This paper … the nascent empirical evidence, and identifies the transmission of different types of oil price shocks to movements in …
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one gallon of ethanol can replace more than a gallon of gasoline. We also show that being a small country biofuelsproducer … ethanol replaces approximately 0.2-0.3 gallons of gasoline in the U.S. …Leakage in the fuel market differs, depending on whether ethanol production is determined by a tax credit or …
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The purpose of this study is to examine the possible local impacts of cap-and-trade climate policy on agricultural producers in the Northern Plains. This study explicitly considers farmer behavior with respect to agricultural opportunity in carbon offset provision and ability of adaptation to...
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This paper analyzes the impact of expansion in biofuels on the global economy, income distribution and poverty. It utilizes simulation results of two World Bank models: a global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model integrated with biofuels, land-use, and climate change modules, and a...
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flows of biodiesel from the USA and Argentina and of ethanol from Brazil into the EU will increase accentuating the net …
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This study investigates the optimal agricultural land use allocation and nitrogen application to arepresentative Japanese farm. The site-specific nature of numerous agri-environmental issues necessitates analysis ata disaggregated level in order to capture the underlying heterogeneity of...
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Agri-environmental programs in Japan have generally been promoted through the provision of fixedpayments for certain environment-friendly farming and management practices. However, the auctioning of agrienvironmentalcontracts is a noteworthy alternative for the furtherance of such programs....
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