We develop a framework to examine the extent to which farmers' risk and time preferences, availability of credit to cover establishment cost, and crop insurance for conventional crops may influence farmers' decision to allocate land to a perennial energy crop and affect the costs of meeting a...

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and state-level Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) have the potential to interact in complex ways because they will both rely on biomass for cellulosic biofuels and bio-electricity. This interaction could be synergistic or competitive; while the implementation...