Public Private Partnerships in Spanish Ports: Current status and future prospects. Cabrera, M., Suárez-Alemán, A., & Trujillo, L. Utilities Policy, 32:1--11, March, 2015.
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Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have proved to be more than adequate as a means to develop transport infrastructure, especially in the case of large-scale infrastructure such as ports. However, under certain specific circumstances they can lead to certain failures, and so huge public losses. Both the country's hard-hit economy and its vast experience in PPP investments make Spain an ideal case to analyse the successes and failures of these types of contracts, at a time of severe public investment constraints and need for real efficient execution of projects. This paper aims to provide an up-to-date review of PPP experiences in Spanish ports under a legislative framework which fosters public-private cooperation. More explicit and exhaustive contract terms, proper risk assignment, a higher control over demand forecast in port projects, and certain competition concerns are identified as the main requirements for future policy actions.
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	title = {Public {Private} {Partnerships} in {Spanish} {Ports}: {Current} status and future prospects},
	volume = {32},
	issn = {0957-1787},
	shorttitle = {Public {Private} {Partnerships} in {Spanish} {Ports}},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957178714000836},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jup.2014.11.002},
	abstract = {Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have proved to be more than adequate as a means to develop transport infrastructure, especially in the case of large-scale infrastructure such as ports. However, under certain specific circumstances they can lead to certain failures, and so huge public losses. Both the country's hard-hit economy and its vast experience in PPP investments make Spain an ideal case to analyse the successes and failures of these types of contracts, at a time of severe public investment constraints and need for real efficient execution of projects. This paper aims to provide an up-to-date review of PPP experiences in Spanish ports under a legislative framework which fosters public-private cooperation. More explicit and exhaustive contract terms, proper risk assignment, a higher control over demand forecast in port projects, and certain competition concerns are identified as the main requirements for future policy actions.},
	urldate = {2014-12-05},
	journal = {Utilities Policy},
	author = {Cabrera, María and Suárez-Alemán, Ancor and Trujillo, Lourdes},
	month = mar,
	year = {2015},
	keywords = {Concessions, Public-private partnerships, Spanish port legislation, Spanish port system, Transport infrastructure},
	pages = {1--11},
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