Unintended Consequences of Transportation Carbon Policies: Land-Use, Emissions, and Innovation

Renewable fuel standards, low carbon fuel standards, and ethanol subsidies are popular policies to incentivize ethanol production and reduce emissions from transportation. Compared to carbon trading, these policies lead to large shifts in agricultural activity and unexpected social costs. We simulat...

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Main Authors: Holland, Stephen P., Hughes, Jonathan E., Parker, Nathan C., Knittel, Christopher Roland
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98886
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7654-8641