Dethier, Jean-Jacques, Moore, Alex and Straub, Stéphane (2014) Regulation, Renegotiation and Capital Structure: Theory and Evidence from Latin American Transport Concessions. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 45 (2). pp. 209-232.

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Abstract

The paper examines the capital structure of regulated infrastructure firms. The authors develop a model showing that leverage, the ratio of liabilities to assets, is lower under high-powered regulation and that firms operating under high-powered regulation make proportionally larger reductions in leverage when the cost of debt increases. They test the predictions of the model using an original panel dataset of 124 transport concessions in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru over 1992–2011, finding broad support for their predictions.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: 2014
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: infrastructure, regulation, capital, leverage, Latin America
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 09 Jul 2014 17:45
Last Modified: 18 Apr 2024 11:50
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:28230
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/15932
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