Adjunct Assistant Professor Amani Elobeid and CARD faculty collaborator Jerome Dumortier published in the most recent issue of Land Use Policy. Elobeid and Dumortier authored the article "Effects of a carbon tax in the United States on agricultural markets and carbon emissions from land-use change." The article examines three US carbon tax scenarios, ranging from $15–$144 per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent, and covering a 10-year projection period and find that the production cost for corn and soybeans increase by a maximum of 32.6% and 22.4%, respectively at a carbon tax of $144 t-1 CO2-e. The full article is available here.

Effects of a carbon tax in the United States on agricultural markets and carbon emissions from land-use change
Jerome Dumortier and Amani Elobeid
Land Use Policy 103(April 2021):105320
doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105320