This dissertation analyzes how asset performance relates to inflation based on 50 countries and 60 years of data. The three key findings are: a nonlinear behavior of bills, bonds, and equities against inflation, the demystification of listed infrastructure as inflation hedge, and, finally, a...

We analyze the risk, return and cash flow characteristics of infrastructure investments by using a unique dataset of deals done by private equity-like investment funds. We show that infrastructure deals have a performance that is higher than that of noninfrastructure deals, despite lower default...

This dissertation examines the investment risk profile and the inflation hedging characteristics of infrastructure investments using a global sample of listed infrastructure firms. The results challenge the conventional investor wisdom that infrastructure is generally low risk and a good...