The Impact of Ethanol Policy on Social Welfare and GHG Emissions
| dc.creator | Lasco, Christine | |
| dc.creator | Khanna, Madhu | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T20:16:56Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:53:52Z | |
| dc.description | We develop a stylized model of fuel markets in an open economy to analyze the impact of ethanol policy on social welfare and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The policies considered here include the $0.51 per gallon blender’s subsidy for ethanol and the import tariff of $0.54 per gallon on sugarcane ethanol. Our analysis shows that the combined subsidy and tariff policy decreases welfare by about $3.6 billion relative to a non intervention policy. Furthermore, there are no GHG mitigation benefits since GHG emissions show a slight increase (0.08%) when both policies are in place. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.53494 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/53494/files/LascoChristine.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/53494 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/556317 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/53494 | |
| dc.title | The Impact of Ethanol Policy on Social Welfare and GHG Emissions | |
| dc.type | Text |