The Economics of Infrastructure Investment: Beyond Simple Cost Benefit Analysis
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Keywords
Infrastructure; Cost Benefit Analysis; Evaluation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PPM-2010-08-14 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
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