Econometric study on the effects of biodiesel production on cropland expansion in the U.S.

This is the readme and metadata for the data entitled “Quantifying the Land-Use Change Due to Soybean-Based Biodiesel in the United States” by Miao et al., that was published in the journal Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aepp.70005). The data shows the county FIPS code and the amount of soybean acreage increase and total cropland acreage increase from changes in soybean price and biodiesel production over 2011-2020.