Excessive utilization of fossil fuels has resulted in serious concerns about climate change.
Integrating biorefinery technology to convert waste-derived-lignocellulosic biomass into …

In this article, an extensive review of the rapidly growing biofuel-related time-series literature
is carried out. The data used, the modeling techniques and the main findings of this literature …

US retail food price increases in recent years may seem large in nominal terms, but after
adjusting for inflation have been quite modest even after the change in US biofuel policies in …

One of the most crucial problems with increasing biofuel production is that it competes for
natural and agricultural resources with food and food related use, because its main …

This study investigates the effects of oil price shocks on volatility of agricultural and metal
commodities. We decompose an oil price shock to its underlying components, including …

This article analyzes recent volatility spillovers in the United States from crude oil using
futures prices. Crude oil spillovers to both corn and ethanol markets are somewhat similar in …

The strong volatility spillover between crude oil and agricultural commodity markets reduces
the diversification benefits and implies costly risk management process faced by portfolio …

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The recent surge in biofuel production has caused concern about energy and food security.
Most of the literature related to the “fuel vs. food” issue has paid close attention to futures …

Legislation passed in 2007 by the US Congress increased by about 1.3 billion bushels the
net amount of corn required to be processed annually into ethanol for motor‐fuel use. We …