The Private Finance Initiative in the UK

Public Management Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-310

  Ball, Rob ^a   Heafey, Maryanne ^b   King, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building quality; Private Finance Initiative; Public finances; Public sector comparator; Risk transfer; Whole life costing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250652400     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030701340507     Document Type: Article

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