The challenges of infrastructure finance need to be considered in the context of long-term infrastructure planning. This article outlines the UK's new integrated approach to infrastructure planning to meet large investment needs against the backdrop of fiscal consolidation. The UK National...

Long-term concession contracts associated with Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects, such as National Health Service (NHS) hospitals, are subject to substantial risks, which may not only emerge from project activities such as design and construction, but also from global issues beyond the...

This article gives a brief overview of private-public partnerships (P3) in the United Kingdom and Europe. It covers the development of the P3 markets, their size and relevance. This leads to important insights and lessons for investors and policy makers

Most of the European countries risk not reaching the 2020 Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) targets. In order to achieve these targets, private investments in ultra-broadband networks should be vigorously promoted by access regulation whilst the deployment of ultra-broadband networks in...

The main goal of this paper is to provide evidence for the causal effect of the highway and railway infrastructure on the suburbanization of population in European cities. This is considered a major issue in Europe, which has never been studied before at this scale. We constructed a unique...

Risk management has long been recognized as an important component of the portfolio management process. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of portfolio risk management is often hampered by both an incomplete appreciation of the full potential of the risk management function and a limited...