The cost of using private finance for roads in Spain and the UK

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Acerete, Jose Basilio ^a   Shaoul, Jean ^b   Stafford, Anne ^b   Stapleton, Pam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design build finance and operate; Private finance; Private finance initiative; Roads; Spain; Tolls; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954715433     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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