The financial engineering of infrastructure privatization

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-312

  Ashton, Philip ^a   Doussard, Marc ^b   Weber, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

asset lease; financialization; infrastructure; privatization; toll road

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INTEREST RATE; INVESTMENT; MODELING; PARKING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866625932     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2012.715540     Document Type: Article

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