The hypothesis of this study is that there is a statistical relationship between the lung cancer mortality rate and the intensity of fuel consumption (measured in gallons/square mile) at a particular location. We estimate cross-section regressions of the mortality rate due to lung cancer against...

The objective of this analysis is to evaluate the impacts of three factors: 1) methane emission differences related to climate and manure storage type, 2) digester economies of size, and 3) electricity values on the minimum breakeven carbon dioxide (CO2) ‐equivalent methane (CH4) destruction...

World production shortfalls and increased speculative activity have been suggested as major causes of recent, dramatic price increases for sugar. A two-region spatial equilibrium model analyzes the U.S. and the rest-of-the-world sugar markets. By systematically shifting the rest-of-the-world...

"We analyze the appropriate size and implied profitability of a representative ethanol processing firm. An analysis based on current processing technology and costs with typical conditions in Iowa product and input markets is useful; because unit production costs have declined 30% in current...