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Price Transmission and Policies in Biofuels-Related Global Networks

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  • Karel Janda

    (Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies & Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Finance and Accounting)

  • Ladislav Kristoufek

    (Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Barbora Schererova

    (Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Finance and Accounting)

  • David Zilberman

    (University of California, Berkeley)

Abstract

This article investigates the connections between the prices of biofuels and many traded commodities and other relevant assets in Europe, USA and Brazil. The analysis uses a comprehensive dataset covering price data for 38 traded titles over the period 2003-2020. We utilize the minimum spanning tree approach to identify price connections in a complex trading system. Our analysis of mutual price connections discovers the major defining features of world leading biofuels markets during the period since the ground-breaking policy initiatives of the 2003 EU Transport Fuel Directive and Energy Taxation Directive. We provide characteristics of main bioethanol and biodiesel markets with respect to government policies and technical and local features of the production and consumption of particular biofuels. Despite a relatively long and dynamically evolving history of biofuels, we find that the biofuels systems in USA, Brazil and Europe do not converge towards the same pattern of relations among fossil fuels, biofuels, agricultural commodities and financial assets.

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  • Karel Janda & Ladislav Kristoufek & Barbora Schererova & David Zilberman, 2022. "Price Transmission and Policies in Biofuels-Related Global Networks," Working Papers IES 2022/05, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, revised Mar 2022.
    • Handle: RePEc:fau:wpaper:wp2022_05
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    Keywords

    ethanol; biodiesel; minimum spanning tree; energy and agricultural policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
    • Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources

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