Policies, learning-by-doing played important role in reducing ethanol costs
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 10:30
in Mathematics & Economics
A new study from the University of Illinois concludes that learning-by-doing, stimulated by increased ethanol production, played an important role in inducing technological progress in the corn ethanol industry. It also suggests that biofuel policies, which induced ethanol production beyond the free-market level, served to increase the competitiveness of the industry over time.