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Tax exemption for biofuels in Germany : is bio-ethanol really an option for climate policy?

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dc.creator Henke, Jan Michael
dc.creator Klepper, Gernot
dc.creator Schmitz, Norbert
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:12:40Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:12:40Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier KIel working paper Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel 1184
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/3057
dc.identifier ppn:371718406
dc.identifier ppn:371718406
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/3057
dc.description Last year the German Parliament exempted biofuels from the gasoline tax. The promotion of biofuels is being justified by allegedly positive effects on climate, energy, and agricultural policy goals. The paper takes a closer look at bio-ethanol as a substitute for gasoline. We analyze the basic conditions that provide the setting for the production and promotion of biofuels and show that the production of bio-ethanol in Germany is not competitive. Using energy and greenhouse gas balances we demonstrate that a possible increased use of bioethanol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is inefficient and that there are preferred alternative strategies. In addition, scenarios on the development of the bio-ethanol market are derived from a model that allows for variations in decisive variables and reflects the production and trade chain of bio-ethanol.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation Kieler Arbeitspapiere 1184
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject D61
dc.subject H23
dc.subject Q25
dc.subject Q42
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject biofuels , ethanol , climate policy , agricultural policy , gasoline tax , energy balances , GHG balances
dc.subject Biokraftstoff
dc.subject Mineralölsteuer
dc.subject Steuerbegünstigung
dc.subject Steuerwirkung
dc.subject Klimaschutz
dc.subject Stoffstrom-Management
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Tax exemption for biofuels in Germany : is bio-ethanol really an option for climate policy?
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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