Risk shifting and long-term contracts evidence from the Ras Gas Project

Risk shifting and incomplete contracting lie at the heart of the agency relationship inherent in the procurement and financing of large-scale projects such as power plants, oil and gas pipelines, and liquefied natural gas facilities. An investigation of Ras Gas bonds provides empirical evidence of t...

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Main Author: Dailami, Mansoor
Corporate Author: World Bank Institute Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division
Other Authors: Hauswald, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC World Bank Institute, Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division 2000
Series:Policy research working paper
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Risk shifting and incomplete contracting lie at the heart of the agency relationship inherent in the procurement and financing of large-scale projects such as power plants, oil and gas pipelines, and liquefied natural gas facilities. An investigation of Ras Gas bonds provides empirical evidence of the risk-shifting consequences of contractual incompleteness
Item Description:"November 2000"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [21]-23)
Physical Description:30 p ill 28 cm