The evolution of infrastructure and utility ownership and its implications

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-434

  Helm, Dieter ^a   Tindall, Tom ^b  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxera Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance sheets; Debt; Infrastructure; Investment; Ownership; Private equity; Privatisation; Regulation; Split cost of capital; Utilities

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; DEBT; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 78649408423     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grp025     Document Type: Article

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