The Simple Economics of White Elephants
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- Ganuza, Juan-José & Llobet, Gerard, 2020. "The simple economics of white elephants," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 91-100.
- Juan José Ganuza & Gerard Llobet, 2019. "The simple economics of white elephants," Economics Working Papers 1681, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Juan-José Ganuza & Gerard Llobet, 2017. "The Simple Economics of White Elephants," Working Papers wp2017_1701, CEMFI.
- Juan-José Ganuza & Gerard Llobet, 2019. "The Simple Economics of White Elephants," Working Papers 1134, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
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"The simple economics of white elephants,"
Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 91-100.
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- Juan José Ganuza & Gerard Llobet, 2019. "The simple economics of white elephants," Economics Working Papers 1681, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Ganuza Fernandez, Juan Jose & Llobet, Gerard, 2018. "The Simple Economics of White Elephants," CEPR Discussion Papers 12557, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
Concession contracts; flexible-term concessions; Information Acquisition;JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2018-02-05 (Contract Theory & Applications)
- NEP-MIC-2018-02-05 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PPM-2018-02-05 (Project, Program & Portfolio Management)
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