Regulating concessions of toll motorways: An empirical study on fixed vs. variable term contracts

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-229

  Albalate, Daniel ^a   Bel, Germà ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concessions; H54; L33; L43; L92; Privatization; Regulation; Toll motorways

Indexed keywords

PRIVATIZATION;

CONCESSION CONTRACTS; CONCESSIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; REGULATION; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOLL MOTORWAYS; UNCERTAIN DEMAND;

TOLL HIGHWAYS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; PRIVATIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 58149392859     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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