The costs of oil dependence, the environmental external costs of fossil fuels, or the promotion of agricultural development, has justified a number of measures of state intervention to expand the domestic market of biofuels, assuming that state intervention is necessary and sufficient condition for achieving this aim. After analyzing the political and economic elements in the Brazilian ethanol sector in historical perspective, in this article we argue that the expansion or contraction of the market should not be understood as an effect of a particular policies determined by the regulatory state. Regarding this, we argue the trends on the market development reflect the effects of aprevious underlying relationship, which is determined by the ...
Sustainable energy strategies require decision-makers in government, industry, academia and civil so...
Being the two largest ethanol producers in the world, transportation fuel policies in Brazil and the...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between food security and cleaner...
Concerns about energy security, rural development, and the environment have driven biofuel expansion...
This paper maps out and analyses the wide range of policies and players that have shaped the phenome...
The Brazilian government aims to increase the share of biofuels in the energy mix to around 18% by 2...
Brazil has pursued a mix of policy interventions in the fuel sector to achieve multiple objectives o...
The Brazilian government aims to increase the share of biofuels in the energy mix to around 18% by 2...
Brazil started producing ethanol in 1975 as a response to the oil shocks from the 1970s. The Brazili...
The worsening effects of global warming, the volatility of oil prices and the concern about energy s...
In response to rising oil prices and carbon emission concerns, policies promoting increased ethanol ...
Over the last decade Brazil has implemented a new and ambitious biofuel program: the National Progra...
In response to the oil shocks during the 1970s and the consequent deterioration of the country’s bal...
Sugarcane in Brazil is processed into sugar and/or ethanol, often in flex plants that can switch bet...
This paper examines the evolution ofgovernment policies in Brazil to encourage the switch frompetrol...
Sustainable energy strategies require decision-makers in government, industry, academia and civil so...
Being the two largest ethanol producers in the world, transportation fuel policies in Brazil and the...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between food security and cleaner...
Concerns about energy security, rural development, and the environment have driven biofuel expansion...
This paper maps out and analyses the wide range of policies and players that have shaped the phenome...
The Brazilian government aims to increase the share of biofuels in the energy mix to around 18% by 2...
Brazil has pursued a mix of policy interventions in the fuel sector to achieve multiple objectives o...
The Brazilian government aims to increase the share of biofuels in the energy mix to around 18% by 2...
Brazil started producing ethanol in 1975 as a response to the oil shocks from the 1970s. The Brazili...
The worsening effects of global warming, the volatility of oil prices and the concern about energy s...
In response to rising oil prices and carbon emission concerns, policies promoting increased ethanol ...
Over the last decade Brazil has implemented a new and ambitious biofuel program: the National Progra...
In response to the oil shocks during the 1970s and the consequent deterioration of the country’s bal...
Sugarcane in Brazil is processed into sugar and/or ethanol, often in flex plants that can switch bet...
This paper examines the evolution ofgovernment policies in Brazil to encourage the switch frompetrol...
Sustainable energy strategies require decision-makers in government, industry, academia and civil so...
Being the two largest ethanol producers in the world, transportation fuel policies in Brazil and the...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between food security and cleaner...