dc.contributor.advisor | Thompson, Wyatt | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Whistance, Jarrett | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 Spring | eng |
dc.description | The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on January 26, 2010). | eng |
dc.description | Thesis advisor: Dr. Wyatt Thompson. | eng |
dc.description | M.S. University of Missouri--Columbia 2009. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | In recent years, there has been a push to increase biofuel production in the United States. The biofuel of choice, it seems, has been ethanol produced from corn. The effects of increased corn-ethanol production on the consumer prices of food and energy continue to be studied and debated. This study examines, in particular, the effects of increased corn-ethanol production on domestic natural gas prices. A structural model of the natural gas market is developed and estimated using two-stage least squares. A baseline projection for the period 2007 to 2015 is determined, and shocks representing the effects of U.S. biofuel policies are applied. The results indicate that the increased level of corn-ethanol production occurring as a result of the current U.S. biofuel policies may lead to natural gas prices that are as much as 6% higher, on average, than if no biofuel policies were in place. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.format.extent | vii, 89 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b73417750 | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 501998426 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/6535 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/6535 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Ethanol as fuel | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Biomass energy -- Costs | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Natural gas -- Prices | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Agricultural wastes as fuel | eng |
dc.title | The effects of increased corn-ethanol production on U.S. natural gas prices | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Agricultural economics (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | eng |