Do regulation and institutional design matter for infrastructure sector performance ? (English)

This paper evaluates the impact of economic regulation on infrastructure sector outcomes. It tests the impact of regulation from three different angles: aligning costs with tariffs and firm profitability; reducing opportunistic renegotiation; and measuring the effects on productivity, quality of service, coverage, and prices. The analysis uses an extensive data set of about 1,000 infrastructure concessions granted in Latin America from the late 1980s...

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Andres,Luis Alberto;

Guasch, Jose Luis;

Straub,Stephane;
Document Date
2007/10/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4378
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Do regulation and institutional design matter for infrastructure sector performance ?
Keywords
cost of capital

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Andres,Luis Alberto; Guasch, Jose Luis; Straub,Stephane.

Do regulation and institutional design matter for infrastructure sector performance ? (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4378 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/926451468321860546

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