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Corn ethanol : who pays? who benefits?

Title
Corn ethanol : who pays? who benefits? / Ken G. Glozer.
Author
Glozer, Ken G.
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c2011.

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xiv, 228 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
"Ken Glozer provides a factual evaluation of the major claims made by those who have advocated an ethanol policy for the past thirty years and answers a number of important questions. When did the policy start? How did it evolve? Are petroleum imports and budget costs reduced? Who pays and who benefits?"--Jacket.
Series Statement
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 569
Uniform Title
Hoover Institution Press publication ; 569.
Subjects
Note
  • "Hoover Institution, Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy"--Page facing t.p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.
Contents
Political history: Introduction ; Ethanol as a transportation fuel : how Federal corn-ethanol policy evolved: Carter administration, 1977 to 1981 ; Reagan administration, 1981 to 1989 ; Bush I administration, 1989 to 1993 ; Clinton administration, 1993 to 2001 ; Bush II administration, 2001 to 2009 -- Evaluating advocates' policy claims: Is U.S. energy security strengthened? ; Does the environment benefit? ; Other claims : are budget costs reduced? Is the trade balance improved? Is rural employment Increased? ; Who pays for the policy, and who benefits from It? ; Conclusions -- Supporting documents: International Energy Agency, IEA response system for oil supply emergencies ; History of world oil market petroleum-supply interruptions ; State-by-state ethanol subsidies.
Call Number
JBD 11-407
ISBN
  • 9780817949617 (cloth)
  • 0817949615 (cloth)
  • 9780817949624 (pbk.)
  • 0817949623 (pbk.)
  • 9780817949631 (e-bk.) (canceled/invalid)
  • 0817949631 (e-bk.) (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
712779555
Author
Glozer, Ken G.
Title
Corn ethanol : who pays? who benefits? / Ken G. Glozer.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c2011.
Series
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 569
Hoover Institution Press publication ; 569.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.
Research Call Number
JBD 11-407
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