MODELLING INDIRECT LAND USE EFFECTS OF BIOFUELS:

dc.creatorLaborde, David
dc.creatorValin, Hugo
dc.date2017-04-01T19:26:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T08:36:32Z
dc.descriptionWith the growing concerns of stakeholders regarding the environmental impacts of ethanol and biodiesel development, the quantitative assessment of biofuel policies virtues played an increasingly important role in the public debate. Numerous studies have tried to compute the indirect land use effects (iLUC) of the incremental crops demand for bioenergy, aiming to provide policymakers precise values for the iLUC coefficients. However, due to many uncertainties, these estimates have been criticised. In this paper, we show that models are still relevant for conceptualisation and understanding of problems as complicated as biofuel policies and among other aspects, iLUC issues. In particular, if doubts remain – and will remain – on the exact values of iLUC coefficients, the conclusions related to key policy options, such as what biofuel type to prefer and what trade policy to adopt, appears quite robust and should be the focus of larger attention.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.188100
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/188100/files/Laborde736.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/188100
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/600812
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/188100
dc.titleMODELLING INDIRECT LAND USE EFFECTS OF BIOFUELS:
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