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Special Section on Infrastructure Privatization (Coordinated by Mildred E. Warner, Cornell University)

The Financial Engineering of Infrastructure Privatization

What Are Public Assets Worth to Private Investors?

Philip Ashton University of Illinois, Chicago
,
Marc Doussard University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
&
Rachel Weber University of Illinois, Chicago
Pages 300-312 | Published online: 13 Sep 2012

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