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

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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.

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Name Format Description Link
10 Readme.docx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1531743/Readme.docx
53 soybean_and_total_bd_acres_both_re_06252024.xlsx https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1531743/soybean_and_total_bd_acres_both_re_06252024.xlsx

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  • land-use-change
  • rfs-program
  • soybean-biodiesel
  • biofuels
  • climate-change

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