Corruption and concession renegotiations. Evidence from the water and transport sectors in Latin America

Utilities Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Guasch, J Luis ^a,b   Straub, Stéphane ^c,d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Concession contracts; LDCs; Regulation; Renegotiation

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; MICROECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WATER INDUSTRY;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 63249098806     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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