Economics of Biofuels: An Overview of Policies, Impacts and Prospects

This paper provides an overview of the economics of biofuels. It starts by describing the remarkable growth of the biofuel industry over the last decade, with emphasis on developments in the United States, Brazil and the European Union, and it identifies the driving role played by some critical poli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: GianCarlo Moschini, Jingbo Cui, Harvey Lapan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2012-09-01
Series:Bio-based and Applied Economics
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/3229