How profitable are private infrastructure concessions in Latin America? Empirical evidence and regulatory implications

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 380-402

  Sirtaine, Sophie ^a   Pinglo, Maria Elena ^a   Guasch, J Luis ^a,b   Foster, Vivien ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical evidence; Financial returns; Infrastructure concessions; Regulatory implications

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844370021     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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