Stuck on the tracks? : empirical study for investments in the Dutch Railway infrastructure

In recent years, concerns have been expressed in the Netherlands about investments in ‘public’ infrastructures such as energy, public transport, the water supply and telecommunications. In order to satisfy the public’s ever-changing concerns about demand, environmental goals, etc. some of these infrastructures may require large-scale investment. Over the past decades, many of these infrastructure sectors have been confronted with new regulatory models, liberalisation and privatisation. Although these developments possibly helped to improve cost-effectiveness, they could now be hindering the ab... Mehr ...