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Securitization in Public Sector Finance

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  • Peter Armstrong
  • Peter Fletcher

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Already commonplace in the private sector, the securitization of future income streams is now being promoted in the public sector as a means of accessing investment capital. This article reports on a British university's securitization of 30 years' future rents on its student accommodation. Although the securitization made it possible to refurbish the residences, it has turned out to be costly in other respects. The authors conclude that investment returns in the public sector will rarely be sufficient to cover the finance costs of securitization; that the loss of the securitized income in labour-intensive public services is virtually certain to cost jobs; and that the accounting treatment of securitization needs to incorporate a realistic calculation of the movements in effective debt. Finally the article recommends that the value for money of any proposed public sector securitization should be independently checked by comparing its total cost of capital with the returns on its proposed uses.

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  • Peter Armstrong & Peter Fletcher, 2004. "Securitization in Public Sector Finance," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 175-182, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:24:y:2004:i:3:p:175-182
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00415.x
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