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EFFECTS OF THE ENERGY CRISIS ON BIOFUEL PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Dachin, Anca - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics 11(516)(supplement)(vol2) (2007) 11(516)(supplement)(vol2), pp. 315-322

The worldwide energy crisis and the necessity to reduce the greenhouse gas emission determined the increased importance of biofuels as alternative energy source. The application of the Biofuels Directive 2003/30 EC has been an impulse to the increase of land area cultivated with energy crops and...

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A note on oil dependence and economic instability

Aguiar-Conraria, Luís (contributor); Wen, Yi (contributor) - 2007 - Rev.

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A Note on Oil Dependence and Economic Instability

Aguiar-Conraria, Luís - 2007

We show that dependence on foreign energy can increase economic instability by raising the likelihood of equilibrium indeterminacy, hence making fluctuations driven by self- fulfilling expectations easier to occur. This is demonstrated in a standard neoclassical growth model. Calibration...

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Energy Expenses in Households with Different Standards of Living

Laur, Anton; Tenno, Koidu; Viies, Mare - Majandusteaduskond, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool - 2006

, with the main focus on price trends of renewable energy sources. The structure of Estonian householdsí dwelling expenditure …

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Brazil's experience with bioenergy: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

Moreira, Jose Roberto - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Brazil is the world's largest producer of ethanol, a biofuel used mainly in automobiles as an additive or alternative to gasoline. In the mid-1970s the country undertook a major program to produce ethanol, and since then the industry has had both successes and failures. Although Brazil's...

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Biofuels and the global food balance: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

Rosegrant, Mark W.; Msangi, Siwa; Sulser, Timothy B.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

the increasing interest in renewable energy sources, and in biofuels in particular. But some policymakers and analysts …

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Induced innovation in a decentralized model of climate change

Laurent-Lucchetti, Jérémy; Leach, Andrew - Institut d'Économie Appliquée, HEC Montréal (École … - 2006

We propose a model of climate change consistent with four principal stylized facts. First, the benefits and costs of climate change mitigation policies are not evenly distributed across generations. Second, capital accumulation is not determined jointly with emissions policy, but rather as a...

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AZ ÖKOENERGIA-TURIZMUS LÉNYEGE ÉS JÖVÅJE

David, Lorant; Baros, Zoltan; Bujdosó, Zoltán - In: GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics 50 (2006) 15

.). ------------------------------------------------- Investments and projects connected to renewable energy sources are becoming tourist attractions in many parts of the world … subject and lay people to the opportunities for using renewable energy sources. It is important from the point of view of … environmental education, to mainstream knowledge about renewable energy sources into elementary and secondary education curricula …

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Household energy demand and the equity and efficiency aspects of subsidy reform in Indonesia

Olivia, Susan (contributor); Gibson, John K. (contributor) - 2006

demand system for five energy sources, which is identified by the spatial variation in unit values (expenditures divided by … household energy sources: kerosene, gasoline, oil, LPG, and electricity. These marginal social costs depend on the rate at …, other energy sources are used for cooking and lighting. 12 electricity tariffs for these households than are available …

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Oil Dependence and Economic Instability

Aguiar-Conraria, Luís; Wen, Yi - 2006

We show that dependence on foreign energy can increase economic instability by raising the likelihood of equilibrium indeterminacy, hence making fluctuations driven by self-fulfilling expectations easier to occur. This is demonstrated in a standard neoclassical growth model. Calibration...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014054559