The Economics of Biofuel Policies (eBook)

Harry de Gorter is Professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA. His research focus is on agricultural trade policy and much of his recent work has been on biofuels and agricultural trade reform and the Doha Development Agenda, especially the impact of subsidies and protection on developing countries.Dusan Drabik is Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and Research Associate at LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, University of Leuven, Belgium. In his recent work, Drabik has analyzed the market and environmental effects of alternative biofuel policies in the United States, the European Union and developing countries. David R. Just is Professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA, and Director of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs. Just uses the tools of psychology and economics to examine how individuals approach various choices. His research has been published in scores of research articles, winning wide recognition both among academics and within the popular press. 

1. How Biofuel Policies Ushered in the New Era of High and Volatile Grain and Oilseed Prices 2. The Economics of Biofuel Policies: The Theory of Corn-Ethanol and Ethanol-Gasoline Price Links 3. Measures of Biofuel Policy Impact on Food Commodity Prices 4. A Forensic Analysis of the Food Commodity Price Boom of 2008 5. A Critique of the Literature analyzing Biofuel Policy and the 2008 Food Commodity Price Boom 6. The Economics of Developing Country Policy Responses and Biofuel Policies 7. An Enhanced Exposition of the Corn-Ethanol-Energy Price Linkages and Implications for Time Series Analysis of Biofuel Policy Impacts 8. The Impact of Biofuel Policies on Food Commodity Price Volatility 9. The Economics of Biodiesel and the Central Role of European Union's Policies 10. The Complex Structure of the US Biofuel Mandate: A Handbook 11. The Economics of Brazil's Sugarcane-Ethanol/Sugar Complex and Policies 12. The Interaction Effects Among Biofuels, Policies, and Countries 13. The Impact of Biofuel Policies in the Future: Some Concluding Remarks