Even though recent discussions on food prices and indirect land use change point atpotential conflicts associated with the production of biofuels the appraisal of biofuels as an effective instrument to slow down climate change and reduce energy dependency still prevails. The EU Renewable Energy...

The interconnections of agriculture and energy markets have increased through the rise in the new biofuel agribusinesses and the oil–ethanol–corn linkages. The question is whether these linkages have a causal structure by which oil prices affect commodity prices and through these links,...

Recent changes in U.S. energy policy have prompted the growth of the bio energy market. The ability to quickly enter and respond to the opportunities of this market is critical to an agribusiness’ success. Understanding entry into this rapidly growing bio energy market,however, is not well...

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It has been suggested that the nature of the task within a multi-attribute multi-alternative choice experiment may be sufficiently complex to make it difficult for individuals to develop response strategies to strategically bias their answers. This experiment tested that hypothesis by setting...

Quota obligation schemes based on tradable green certificates have become apopular policy instrument to expand power generation from renewable energy sources(RES). Their application, however, can neither be justified as a first-best response toa market failure, nor, in a second-best sense, as an...

The main objective of the study outlined in this paper was to examine how the inclusion ofan additional labelled alternative, to provide respondents with more choice in a statedpreference survey, impacted on choice complexity. The valuation context was to elicitpreferences for improvements in...

In this paper, we develop an empirical test of consistency in contingent willingness topay (WTP) responses, which is based on the following a priori expectation. In economics,when an individual considers paying for public goods, his decision to pay, and his WTP arebased on utility-maximising...

O objetivo da pesquisa é identificar, caracterizar e analisar quais são os fatores, motivações e critérios que estão sendo considerados no processo de tomada de decisão dos atores pertencentes à cadeia produtiva do biodiesel no RS. Foram entrevistados executivos dos principais...

This study examines indicators of human capital accumulation together with data for natural resource abundance and rents in a panel of 102 countries running from 1970 to 1999. Mineral wealth makes a positive and marked difference on human capital accumulation. Matching on observables reveals...