The private provision of urban infrastructure: Financial intermediation through long-term contracts

Urban Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-319

  Clark, Gordon L ^a   Evans, John ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PGE (Australia) Ltd   (Australia)

^c WorldInvest   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031780661     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098984998     Document Type: Article

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