A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is at the heart of any BOT or BOO type power generation project that is to be undertaken by an Independent Power Producer (IPP). During the past decade privately owned IPPs selling electricity to the power industry has become common place. Such arrangements...

This paper investigates the reaction of interest rates to changes in domestic and foreign monetary policies during periods of fixed and flexible exchange rates. In the empirical sections of this study we analyze the relationship between Canadian interest rates and some of their important...

While the methodology for the evaluation of electricity generation investments is well developed, little work has been done on how to segregate and compare the costs and benefits of electricity distribution facilities. Distribution projects have been usually treated as a required technical part...

In the past, most evaluations of the electric utility investments have been based on the assumptions that the suppliers of electricity would provide the quantity of energy demanded at an acceptable level of reliability. The question addressed in most of the investment appraisals has been: “is...

Foreign borrowing as a source of additional savings can be valuable to a nation whose supply of long-term investment funds is scarce, relative to the amount of its productive investment opportunities. Indonesia is an example of such a country. It has abundant investment opportunities, but...

This paper examines the differences between state owned enterprises and their private-sector counterparts in terms of the way they are affected by the tax systems. The relationship between state-owned enterprise finance and the impact of a tax system on these firms is also studied. A number of...

The Himalayan Rivers have an enormous hydropower potential that is still not exploited fully for the benefit of the region. Bhutan and Nepal together have an economically feasible potential of 60,000 MW of hydroelectric power generation capacity but are too weak financially to bear alone the...

The purpose of this study is to develop a model to arrive at a joint optimizing strategy for the use of a given capital budget for the construction of new school buildings and for the repair of the already existing schools. This is to be done in a way that will have the maximum positive impact...

This paper attempts to present an analysis of the economic and fiscal dimensions of Puerto Rican status. The status debate in Puerto Rico has, historically, been heavily concentrated in political analysis of the status options: commonwealth, statehood and independence. The document's key...