Explaining cost overruns in infrastructural projects: A new framework with applications to Sweden
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Keywords
cost overrun; theoretical framework; infrastructure; Sweden;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
- L24 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures
- L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PPM-2014-03-30 (Project, Program & Portfolio Management)
- NEP-TRE-2014-03-30 (Transport Economics)
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