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The US Ethanol Sector: An Infant Industry?

Assesses the arguments for infant-industry protection and whether they can be applied to the US ethanol sector. The overall conclusion is that corn-based ethanol should no longer receive such protection, especially as there is no available evidence for dynamic external learning economies in this industry.

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Policy brief
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Friday, February 1, 2008