Brisbane, Australia. The central hypothesis of the thesis is that the equity risk premium, combined with the public nature of … toll roads, makes private financing of this kind of public infrastructure undesirable. It attempts to test this hypothesis … to different assumptions regarding traffic flows, inflation, asset risk, and errors in operating-cost forecasts. The …

hold different portfolios. Our model is able to generate a time-varying risk premium of about 5.5% while maintaining a low … risk free rate, thus suggesting a plausible explanation for the equity premium puzzle reported by Mehra and Prescott (1985). …

using a case study methodology to develop and refine a conceptual model of the relationship between IS/IT investment and … organisational performance. The conceptual model has four main components, IS/IT investment, organisational performance … the issue of an IS/IT investment threshold and its applicability to organisations is presented. …

such as consumer surplus,network coverage or investment: in particular, we show that theregulator can achieve static and …

ability to recover the taxpayers` investment. These decisions exempted foreign sales, excluded some domestic sales on certain … of the taxpayers` $151 million investment in these six projects and may limit its opportunity to recover future …

facilities because it perceives renewables as risky and expensive. Renewables pay for this perceived risk through higher interest … capital at great risk. Energy project finance exists on the basis of a secure revenue stream and a thorough understanding of … indicator of project risk. Renewable energy technology evolves quickly. Yet, often the information about technological evolution …

particular, applications to the capitalization variant of the utility investment strategy and the financing variant are … for the various risk measures. The general problem of financial risk assessment for energy technologies is reviewed. (MHR) …

direct investment in US energy. 30 figs., 104 tabs. …

centralized system operations and regulated rates guaranteeing long-run cost recovery, to decentralized investment and operational …