How to price the risk of public investment?

Economist

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-328

  van Ewijk, Casper ^a   Tang, Paul J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; PRICE DETERMINATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0043125716     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024454023591     Document Type: Article

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