Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Volume II

1. Bioenergy Economics and Policy in US and Brazil: Effects on Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Madhu Khanna, David Zilberman

Part I. Market and Policy Incentives for Biofuel Production in the US and Brazil

2. US Biofuel Policies and Markets
Gal Hochman, Michael Traux, David Zilberman

3. The Sugarcane Industry and the Use of Fuel Ethanol in Brazil: History, Challenges, and Opportunities
Márcia Azanha Ferraz Dias Moraes, Luciano Rodrigues, Scott Kaplan

4. Incentives and Barriers for Liquid Biofuels in Brazil
Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Rafael Silva Capaz

5. Prospects for Biofuel Production in Brazil: Role of Market and Policy Uncertainties
Maria Paula Vieira Cicogna, Madhu Khanna, David Zilberman

Part II. Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Effects of Biofuel Production in the US and Brazil

6. Biofuel Life-Cycle Analysis
Jennifer B. Dunn, Jeongwoo Han, Joaquim Seabra, Michael Wang

7. Effect of Biofuel on Agricultural Supply and Land Use
David Zilberman, Deepak Rajagopal, Scott Kaplan

8. Global Land Use Impacts of U.S. Ethanol: Revised Analysis Using GDyn-BIO Framework
Alla A. Golub, Thomas W. Hertel, Steven K. Rose

9. Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Implications of Biofuels: Role of Technology and Policy
Xiaoguang Chen, Madhu Khanna

10. Modeling Bioenergy, Land Use, and GHG Mitigation with FASOMGHG: Implications of Storage Costs and Carbon Policy
Robert H. Beach, Yuquan W. Zhang, Bruce A. McCarl

11. Empirical Findings from Agricultural Expansion and Land Use Change in Brazil
Leila Harfuch, Luciane Chiodi Bachion, Marcelo Melo Ramalho Moreira, André Meloni Nassar, Miguel Carriquiry

12. Land Use Change, Ethanol Production Expansion and Food Security in Brazil
Joaquim Bento Souza Ferreira Filho, Mark Horridge

13. Lessons from the ILUC Phenomenon
Michael O’Hare, Richard J. Plevin

Part III. Feedstocks for Cellulosic Biofuels: Production Risks and Risk Management

14. Innovation in Agriculture: Incentives for Adoption and Supply Chain Development for Energy Crops
Madhu Khanna, David Zilberman, Ruiqing Miao

15. Effects of Liquidity Constraints, Risk and Related Time Effects on the Adoption of Perennial Energy Crops
Géraldine Bocquého

16. Contracting in the Biofuel Sector
Xiaoxue Du, Madhu Khanna, Liang Lu, Xi Yang, David Zilberman

Part IV. Conclusions

17. Conclusion
David Zilberman, Madhu Khanna, Ben Gordon

Keywords: Economics, Environmental Economics, Environmental Chemistry, Energy Systems, Electrochemistry