Over the last decade the link between agricultural and oil markets has reinforced after the introduction of biofuels as substitutes for gasoline and diesel. Although the literature on price transmission between these markets is prolific, research on second order moment dynamics is scant. This...

Themes of the volume: Biofuels: Potential Alternatives to Fossil Fuels -- Biofuel Economics and Policy: Biofuel Standard, Blending, and Future Insecurities -- Economic Transitions: from Biomass to Biofuels -- Biofuel Economy, Development, and Food Security.

"This book is an extensive update and sequel to the successful 2010 book Biomass to Biofuels: Strategies for Global Industries, with an expanded focus on the next generation of energy technologies. Significant progress has been made in this field in the interim, and global market conditions have...

Seit einigen Jahren wird den Biokraftstoffen in Politik, Wissenschaft und auch in der öffentlichen Diskussion große Aufmerksamkeit zuteil. Wurden zunächst überwiegend ihre Potenziale positiv hervorgehoben, so mehren sich mittlerweile kritische Stimmen. Mit besonderem Fokus auf Lateinamerika...