On the EU–U.S. Biodiesel ‘Splash & Dash' Controversy: Causes, Consequences and Policy Recommendations

dc.creatorde Gorter, Harry
dc.creatorDrabik, Dusan
dc.creatorJust, David R.
dc.date2017-04-01T19:44:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T05:11:04Z
dc.descriptionThis paper shows that the effects of the U.S. blender’s tax credit of $1/gallon and ‘splash & dash’ had minimal impacts on the EU biodiesel market. Reduced world oil prices and EU tax exemptions, increased rapeseed oil prices and market uncertainty are shown empirically to be the major contributors to reduced profitability of EU biodiesel production. Nevertheless, the EU imposed tariffs sometimes exceeding the tax credit in retaliation for the U.S. ‘splash & dash’ program. Instead, EU imports from the United States can be beneficial for EU taxpayers, fuel consumers as well as U.S. biodiesel producers.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.61425
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/61425/files/AAEA10348_deGorter_Drabik_Just.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/61425
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/560183
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/61425
dc.titleOn the EU–U.S. Biodiesel ‘Splash & Dash' Controversy: Causes, Consequences and Policy Recommendations
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