Abstract
Investments in infrastructure and utilities assets play a crucial role in ensuring the provision of quality services, the expansion of networks and the upgrade to latest technologies. Investment decisions of infrastructure and utilities operators are dependent on conditions of the tariff regime, including the criteria for tariff setting and the credibility of the commitment that public authorities and regulations do not expropriate operators of the return on investments made. Both formal and informal institutions are important to provide an environment that is conducive to investments. The chapter concludes with a discussion of investments in broadband in various countries and regions of the world.
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Asquer, A. (2018). Regulatory Commitment and Investments. In: Regulation of Infrastructure and Utilities. Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67735-4_9
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