Impacts of European biofuel policies on global biofuel and agricultural markets [Elektronische Ressource] / Arno Becker. Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät

Institut für Lebensmittel und Ressourcenökonomik derRheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu BonnImpacts of European biofuel policies on global biofuel and agricultural markets I n a u g u r a l - D i s s e r t a t i o nzurErlangung des GradesDoktor der Agrarwissenschaften(Dr. agr.)derHohen Landwirtschaftlichen FakultätderRheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitätzu Bonnvorgelegt am 17. Mai 2011vonArno Beckeraus NeussReferent: Prof. Dr. Thomas HeckeleiKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Karin Holm-MüllerTag der mündlichen Prüfung: 19. September 2011Erscheinungsjahr: 2011Meinem VaterHans-Peter BeckerAcknowledgementsMany people have accompanied me while working on this thesis. They supported me in a professional or a personal way and it would take too long to list all of them. However, some people have provided a special input or advice.First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Thomas Heckelei, who has been an excellent supervisor and gave me the opportunity to work at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) in Bonn. Also, my thanks go to Prof. Karin Holm-Müller for taking over the co-reference of this thesis.Further, I want to thank the partners of the EC4MACS project coordinated by the team from the IIASA in Austria. The process of topic finding for this thesis has mainly been governed by the scientific framework of this project.Special thanks go to Dr.