Private provision of the public highways through the build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme
has become popular worldwide. Studies published in dozens of academic journals have …

Purpose Build-operate-transfer (BOT) contracts are widely used in the construction and
operation of charging piles for new energy vehicles worldwide and stipulate that …

This paper uses econometric methods to study the cost efficiency of road maintenance
provision in Sweden for the first time. The novelty lies in the application of econometric …

La evolución de los roles de la Administración y empresas en la prestación de servicios
públicos, así como las crecientes restricciones presupuestarias para financiarlos, están …

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the effect of competition for road maintenance
contracts in'thin'markets (markets with few participants). We study competition in public …

Changes in the roles of the government and the private sector in the provision of public
services along with budget constraints are resulting in an increasing use of the concession …

Ports are key nodes of the transport networks and their efficiency is strategic for regional
competitiveness. Port operations are performed by a heterogeneous group of market players …