Le changement d’affectation des sols induit par la consommation européenne de biodiesel: une analyse de sensibilité aux évolutions des rendements agricoles

Alexandre Gohin Author-X-Name- First: Alexandre Author-X-Name- Last: Gohin

No 13-07, Working Papers SMART from INRAE UMR SMART

Abstract: [Paper in French] The European public policy in favor of the biodiesel consumption is highly debated. Available estimates of the induced land use changes conclude that this policy is inefficient to reduce emissions of GreenHouse Gas. We show that the crop yield evolutions in these estimates are significantly lower than the observed and expected evolutions. This difference is directly related to biased calibration choice of behavioral parameters. We show using the GTAP-BIO framework that a consistent calibration of these parameters leads to a strong reduction (by around 80% in the long run) of the land use changes and induced emissions.

Keywords: Biofuel; Europe; Land use changes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q11 Q15 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2013
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