Infrastructure investment, the cost of capital, and regulation: An assessment

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-326

  Helm, Dieter ^a  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debt indexation; Infrastructure; Regulated asset base; Regulation; Role of the State; Split cost of capital; Time inconsistency

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; LIBERALIZATION; PRIVATIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STATE ROLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951615622     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grp027     Document Type: Article

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