EMISSIONS FROM INDIRECT LAND USE CHANGE: DO THEY MATTER WITH FUEL MARKET LEAKAGES?
Indirect land use change, an agricultural market leakage, has been a major controversy over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) requirement for corn-ethanol to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent relative to gasoline it is assumed to replace. This paper shows that corn-ethano...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Slovak University of Agriculture
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics |
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| Online Access: | http://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RAAE_02_2013_Drabik_deGorter.pdf |
| Summary: | Indirect land use change, an agricultural market leakage, has been a major controversy over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) requirement for corn-ethanol to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent relative to gasoline it is assumed to replace. This paper shows that corn-ethanol policies generate far greater carbon leakage in the fuel market itself. Hence, corn-ethanol does not meet EPA’s threshold, regardless of ethanol policy and whether one includes emissions from land use change. |
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| ISSN: | 1336-9261 |