The economics of biofuel policies : impacts on price volatility in grain and oilseed market / Harry de Gorter, Dusan Drabik, David R. Just.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Palgrave studies in agricultural economics and food policy.
Main Authors: De Gorter, Harry (Author)
Drabik, Dusan (Author)
Just, David R. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York City, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Palgrave studies in agricultural economics and food policy.
Subjects:
Biomass energy > Prices > Government policy.
Biomass energy > Economic aspects.
Physical Description:x, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • How biofuel policies ushered in the new era of high and volatile grain and oilseed prices
  • The economics of biofuel policies: the theory of corn-ethanol and ethanol-gasoline price links
  • Measures of biofuel policy impact on food commodity prices
  • A forensic analysis of the food commodity price boom of 2008
  • A critique of the literature analyzing biofuel policy and the 2008 food commodity price boom
  • The economics of developing country policy responses and biofuel policies
  • An enhanced exposition of the corn-ethanol-energy price linkages
  • The impact of biofuel policies on food commodity price volatility
  • The economics of biodiesel and the central role of European Union's policies
  • The complex structure of the US biofuel mandate: a handbook
  • The economics of Brazil's sugarcane-ethanol/sugar complex and policies
  • The interaction effects between biofuels, policies and countries
  • The impact of biofuel policies in the future: some concluding remarks.