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Irwin, Scott H. Zahran, Hala 2013-08-22T16:34:19Z 2013-08-22T16:34:19Z 2013-08 2013-08-22T16:34:19Z 2013-08 This thesis investigates the relationship between soybean oil and biodiesel markets in the US through a structural model and a time-series econometric model. A conceptual link is built based on the theories of market efficiencies and implications of a binding mandate on supply and demand. We hypothesize that a long run zero-profit relationship governs the biodiesel and soybean oil pricing relationships. We test for this using a structural model based on an Iowa biodiesel plant. We additionally use formal time series testing including Johansen Trace test and a vector error correction model and the Kejriwal and Perron test. We find that under certain policy conditions our hypothesis holds but not throughout the sample studied. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2013-07-14T15:29:30Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Zahran_Hala.pdf: 1449928 bytes, checksum: 3ea2315b094195a95d6d4b8adc9a0ed8 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2013-08-22T16:34:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Hala_Zahran.pdf: 1450050 bytes, checksum: 78ead9dd6e746074a057e57a7103416e (MD5) license.txt: 4060 bytes, checksum: 28cf19ec35ec6a8cdf76b7c94df894a6 (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45274 en Copyright 2013 Hala Zahran Biodiesel Mandate vector error correction model long run equilibrium zero profit relationship Biodiesel profitability and linkages to the soybean oil market text Agr & Consumer Economics 1470 Agricultural & Applied Econ 5273 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S. MS: Agr & Applied Econ - UIUC 10KS5273MS