Is debt replacing equity in regulated privatised infrastructure in LDCs?

Utilities Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-102

  Corria da Silva, Luis ^a   Estache, Antonio ^b   Järvelä, Sakari ^a  

^a Oxera   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt; Equity; Regulation; Transport; Utilities

Indexed keywords

DEBT CRISIS; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; PRIVATIZATION; UTILITY SECTOR;

EID: 33645935686     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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