@article{Kunimitsu:290463,
      recid = {290463},
      author = {Kunimitsu, Yoji and Takahashi, Kei and Furubayashi,  Takaaki and Nakata, Toshihiko},
      title = {Pros and Cons of Bio-ethanol Trade under Policy  Coordination in East Asia: Application of Inter-regional  Input-Output Analysis},
      address = {2011-10-13},
      number = {2232-2019-2354},
      pages = {22},
      month = {Oct},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Bio-ethanol (BE) plays an important role in the reduction  of greenhouse gas emissions. The production area of raw  materials and consumption area for BE production are not  geographically even, so it is crucial to optimize  production and trade in East Asia. This paper aims to show  the economic effects and consideration points on BE trade  under policy coordination within the region. The East Asian  inter-regional I/O table is estimated from the GTAP 7  database and used for a policy simulation. The results  demonstrated that, first, the policy coordination brought  about a greater net profit calculated by induced production  minus input costs than self-sufficient BE production.  Second, Japan greatly benefited from policy coordination  even though the increase in BE production was small. This  is because Japan provides machinery for plant construction  and chemical materials for BE production. Third, BE  production and trade contributed to pro-poor growth in  developing countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and  Vietnam by improving agricultural production. Therefore,  Japan as a member of East Asia should take the initiative  to encourage policy coordination for achieving a win-win  situation.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/290463},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.290463},
}