UK Infrastructure Investment and Finance from a European and Global Perspective

Georg Inderst ()

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This study provides an overview of UK infrastructure investment and finance in an international context, yielding interesting facts and insights for both investors and policy makers worldwide. The UK is one of the leading countries in terms of private sector involvement in infrastructure, with several decades’ experience in regulating privatized utilities and in developing public-private partnerships (PPP). It has attracted substantial European and global capital, and London is a major market place for the infrastructure and green business. However, the UK has also seen decades of weak spending by the state (and taxpayers) on infrastructure. The country needs more investment when public budgets are already stretched. The question is whether private capital will be so easily available in future, especially from institutional and foreign investors.

Keywords: infrastructure investment; infrastructure finance; project finance; public-private partnerships; institutional investors; pension funds; infrastructure policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E22 F21 G15 G18 G22 G23 G28 H54 L9 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-05
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