Is BOT the best financing model to procure infrastructure projects?: A case study of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-302

  Cheung, Esther ^a   Chan, Albert P C ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Financial modelling; Financing; Hong Kong; Procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949097424     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780910951984     Document Type: Article

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