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When discussing the early termination of concession agreements, compensation for investments in reversible assets is a core issue that directly affects the parties' interests. Without fair economically compensation, in addition to representing a possible act of illicit enrichment on the public...
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When discussing the early termination of concession agreements, compensation for investments in reversible assets is a core issue that directly affects the parties' interests. Without fair economically compensation, in addition to representing a possible act of illicit enrichment on the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481040
Ageing populations require larger healthcare facilities, in spite of growing public budget constraints, inducing to wonder whether we can afford what we increasingly need, accompanying sustainable and careful demography.New healthcare infrastructural investments, compliant with Eurostat rules,...
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‘Value for Funding' (VfF) approach. This paper presents an example of a VfF approach applied to a specific topic, the risk …
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This paper reviews the economics literature on foreign aid. Aid supporters tend to emphasize results, while its detractors tend to highlight the incentives it provides (although they may still acknowledge some of aid’s positive results, particularly on public health). Like the modes to deliver...
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positive risk-adjusted return. Moreover, China's track record in delivering infrastructure is no better than that of rich …
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The paper clarifies the link between changes in risk aversion and the effect on the consumption discount rate. In a … rate to a change in risk aversion depends on some fundamental properties of the considered uncertainties. The application … of this general result to specific forms of uncertainty extends existing results to more general forms of risk and yields …
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The paper clarifies the link between changes in risk aversion and the effect on the consumption discount rate. In a … rate to a change in risk aversion depends on some fundamental properties of the considered uncertainties. The application … of this general result to specific forms of uncertainty extends existing results to more general forms of risk and yields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231715
We study business uncertainty in high- versus low-volatility environments by surveying over 31,000 managers across 41 countries. We elicit subjective probability distributions for future own-firm sales and measure firm-level uncertainty with their mean absolute deviations. Analogously, we...
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This paper proposes a novel method for estimating the traffic demand risk associated with transportation. Using … measure can be adapted in a flexible way to capture risk levels relevant for different investment horizons. We demonstrate the … timescale decomposition of risk with Swedish traffic demand data for 1950–2005. In general, rail transport shows a stronger co …
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