Estimating the economic opportunity cost of capital for public investment projects : an empirical analysis of the Mexican case (English)

This paper offers an assessment of the methodologies employed to estimate the economic opportunity cost of capital for public sector projects, relying on the Mexican case for an applied empirical exercise. The traditional weighted cost of capital (top-down) approach used in the estimation of Mexico's economic opportunity cost of capital is reviewed and compared to the supply price (bottom-up) approach. With respect to previous studies using the top-down...

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Coppola,Andrea;

Fernholz Ruiz,Gustavo Fernando;

Glenday,Graham;
Document Date
2014/03/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6816
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Mexico,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2014/03/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Estimating the economic opportunity cost of capital for public investment projects : an empirical analysis of the Mexican case
Keywords
cost of capital

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Coppola,Andrea; Fernholz Ruiz,Gustavo Fernando; Glenday,Graham.

Estimating the economic opportunity cost of capital for public investment projects : an empirical analysis of the Mexican case (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6816 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/219641468280438967

Estimating the economic opportunity cost of capital for public investment projects : an empirical analysis of the Mexican case (English)

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