New Perspectives on Investment in Infrastructures.

Intro -- contents -- about the authors -- preface -- 1 stuck on the tracks? empirical study for investments in the dutch railway infrastructure -- 1.1 introduction -- 1.1.1 research focus and methodology -- 1.1.2 structure of this paper -- 1.2 the public interest in railways -- 1.2.1 the quality of rail service -- 1.2.2 the safety of rail service -- 1.3 governance of the dutch railways -- 1.3.1 regulation and regime changes in the dutch railway sector -- 1.4 assessing the current functioning of the dutch railway infrastructure sector -- 1.4.1 investments in railway infrastructure -- 1.4.2 performance of the railway sector -- 1.4.3 innovation in the railway sector -- 1.5 current issues and suggestions for improvements -- 1.6 conclusions and recommendations -- annex 1 -- annex 2 -- 2 regulering en investeringen in infrastructuur -- 2.1 inleiding -- 2.1.1 focus van de studie -- 2.1.2 aanleiding voor de studie -- 2.1.3 organisatie -- 2.2 reguleringstheorie -- 2.2.1 privatisering -- 2.2.2 liberalisering -- 2.2.3 tariefregulering -- 2.2.4 opportunistisch gedrag van toezichthouders (regulatory opportunism) -- 2.2.5 conclusie -- 2.3 financieringstheorie -- 2.3.1 startpunt: het 'irrelevantie theorema' -- 2.3.2 afruiltheorie -- 2.3.3 principaal-agenttheorie -- 2.3.4 pikordetheorie -- 2.3.5 marketing timing-theorie -- 2.3.6 productmarktconcurrentie en vermogensstructuur -- 2.3.7 conclusie -- 2.4 investeringen in gereguleerde infrastructuur -- 2.4.1 specifieke eigenschappen van investeringen in infrastructuur -- 2.4.2 privatisering en investeringen -- 2.4.3 liberalisering, verticale ontvlechting en investeringen -- 2.4.4 tariefregulering en investeringsprikkels -- 2.4.5 regulering en timing van investeringen -- 2.4.6 interactie gereguleerde onderneming, vermogensstructuur en toezichthouder -- 2.4.7 conclusie.