The State of the Practice of Value for Money Analysis in Comparing Public Private Partnerships to Traditional Procurements

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-125

  Morallos, Dorothy ^a   Amekudzi, Adjo ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

discount rate; public sector comparator; public private partnerships; risk allocation; value for money

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149089648     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X08326176     Document Type: Article

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