Title

A dynamic model of food and clean energy

Authors

Authors

U. Chakravortya; B. Magne;M. Moreaux

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Econ. Dyn. Control

Keywords

agriculture; environmental regulation; hotelling theory; land use; pollution; OPTIMAL TIME PATH; STOCK EXTERNALITIES; FOSSIL-FUELS; CARBON TAX; TECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION; RESOURCE; Economics

Abstract

In the midwestern United States, ethanol produced from corn is mixed with gasoline to meet clean air standards. Allocating land to produce clean fuel means taking away land from farming. We examine the use of a scarce fossil fuel that causes pollution but may be substituted by a clean fuel produced from land. When land is scarce, it is gradually shifted away from farming to energy production. However, when land is abundant, there may be a jump in the supply of clean energy. When the stock of pollution is regulated, the supply of clean energy may exhibit multiple discontinuities. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control

Volume

32

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1181

Last Page

1203

WOS Identifier

WOS:000255622200006

ISSN

0165-1889

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