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The Impact of the Economic Recession on Toll Highway Concessions in Spain
Año:2012

Áreas de investigación
  • Ingenierías,
  • Transporte

Datos
Descripción
After joining the European Union in 1986, Spain experienced steady economic growth that enabled the country to grow at a greater pace than other European countries. During this period, the government of Spain opted for major investments in public infrastructure by taking advantage both of the funding provided by the European Union and of several types of public-private-partnership (PPP) approaches. Within this framework, the government of Spain between 1996 and 2004 procured a series of toll highway concessions. These concessions entered into operation a few years before the global economic recession made itself felt in Spain. The concession contracts signed between the government and some private consortia allocated most of the risks (expropriation, construction, and traffic) to the private sector. In this paper the impact that the economic recession has had on the business performance of the concessionaires is assessed, and the effectiveness of the measures adopted by the government to help the concessionaire to avoid bankruptcy is analyzed. It was found that some of the guarantees offered by the legal framework to the concessionaires in case of bankruptcy are prompting an outcome that could negatively affect the users. In addition to that, some suggestions as to how to better allocate risk in toll highway concessions in the future are provided
Internacional
Si
JCR del ISI
Si
Título de la revista
Journal of Management in Engineering
ISSN
0742-597X
Factor de impacto JCR
0,787
Información de impacto
Datos JCR del año 2011
Volumen
DOI
Número de revista
28
Desde la página
398
Hasta la página
406
Mes
OCTUBRE
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  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Planificación del Transporte
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de Investigación del Transporte