Infrastructure Policy: Basic Design Options

46 Pages Posted: 26 Dec 2012

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Michael U. Klein

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management; Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Date Written: November 1, 2012

Abstract

The paper lays out basic design options for infrastructure policy. It first sketches mechanisms to asses demand. Then it sets out a hierarchy of issues starting with choice of market structure followed by conduct regulation. Ownership options are largely a function of market structure choices. The implications for finance — the topic of much day-to-day discussion in infrastructure policymaking — follow from these various prior choices. The discussion naturally circumscribes the role for so-called public-private partnerships — their uses and pitfalls. Annexes provide checklists for choices of market structure and for diagnosing and benchmarking policies.

Keywords: Infrastructure Regulation

JEL Classification: L9

Suggested Citation

Klein, Michael U., Infrastructure Policy: Basic Design Options (November 1, 2012). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6274, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2193774 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2193774

Michael U. Klein (Contact Author)

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