This review provides a timely summary of the current understanding of the various impacts
and contributes positively to the policy debate. We have several key conclusions:(1) Biofuels …

Many countries have actively encouraged the production of biofuels as a low-carbon
alternative to the use of fossil fuels in transportation. To what extent do these trends imply a …

The efficacy of alternative biofuel policies in achieving energy, environmental and
agricultural policy goals is assessed using economic cost‐benefit analysis. Government …

In light of the recent rise in global food prices, much of the literature on crop-based biofuel
production focuses on the potential impacts on food security. Studies have identified …

A biofuel blend mandate may increase or decrease consumer fuel prices with endogenous
oil prices, depending on relative supply elasticities. Biofuel tax credits always reduce fuel …

Despite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still
suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance …

The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around
biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries …

A framework is developed to analyze the effects of a biofuel consumer tax exemption and
the interaction effects with a price contingent farm subsidy. Ethanol prices rise above the …

This paper develops an integrated model of the fuel and agricultural sectors to analyze the
welfare and greenhouse gas emission (GHG) effects of the existing Renewable Fuel …

Despite a large number of studies that examine the influence of biofuels and biofuel policy
on commodity prices, the impact of biofuel policy on commodity price variability is poorly …