242 research outputs found
Gravitation Research
Contains research objectives and summary of research.Joint Services Electronics Programs (U. S. Army, U. S. Navy, and U. S. Air Force) under Contract DA 28-043-AMC-02536(E)National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Grant NGR 22-009-359)M.I.T. Cabot Solar Energy Fun
Laser Applications
Contains research objectives and reports on five research projects.U. S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research(Contract F44620-71-C-0051)Joint Services Electronics Programs (U. S. Army, U. S. Navy, and U. S. Air Force) under Contract DAAB07-71-C-0300Naval Air Systems Comman
Laser Applications
Contains research objectives and reports on three research projects.Joint Services Electronics Programs (U. S. Army, U. S. Navy, and U. S. Air Force) under Contract DAAB07-71-C-0300U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Contract F44620-71-C-0051)Naval Air Systems Comman
Private Financing or Not, That is the Question: Lessons from the Light Rail Systems in Spain
The objective of this paper is to analyze if there
is any difference between the light rail systems in Spain
according to whether they have been carried out through
public financing or private financing (totally or partially).
The importance of this study lies in the fact that, for decades,
the public–private partnership has been proposed as
an alternative to public financing of public transport projects
in order to obtain additional financial resources,
reduce the public deficit, and increase efficiency. However,
there are hardly any detailed studies describing how these
initiatives have turned out. Therefore, the present study
analyzes if there is any difference in the main variables
explaining the performance of light rail projects in Spain
depending on their source of funding can be found. For
this, the relationship between variables related to design,
operation and costs of the projects, and the percentage of
private financing were statistically analyzed. As the most
relevant conclusion, we underline the fact that the investment
per passenger increases when financing is completely
private. This would indicate that the most cost-effective
lines, from a social standpoint, were financed totally or
partially by the public administrations, whereas the least
beneficial ones for society were assigned to private enterprises.
This finding provides an advance in the knowledge
of the consequences of private participation in the financing
of public transport projects, indicating, moreover, that
the biggest beneficiaries of this type of projects might be
the construction companies and the politicians involvedThe authors would like to thank the ERDF of
European Union for financial support via project ‘‘Herramienta para
la evaluacio´n previa de infraestructuras de transporte pu´blico’’
(GGI3003IDIE). We also thank to Public Works Agency and
Regional Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the Regional
Government of Andalusia (AOPJA) and the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain
Quantum Optics and Photonics
Contains table of contents for Part II, table of contents for Section 1, and reports on six research projects.Charles S. Draper Laboratories Contract DL-H-418468U.S. Air Force - Electronic Systems Division Contract F19628-89-K-0300U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N0014-91-J-1808U.S. Air Force - Electronic Systems Division Contract F19628-89-K-003
Quantum Optics and Photonics
Contains table of contents for Part II, table of contents for Section 1 and reports on six research projects.U.S. Air Force - Electronic Systems Division Contract F19628-92-K-0013U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N0014-91-J-1808Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Grant NG0921-94-C-0101MIT Plasma Fusion Cente
Quantum Optics and Photonics
Contains table of contents for Part II, table of contains for Section 1 and reports on three research projects.Charles Stark Draper LaboratoryJoint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAAL03-86-K-0002)National Science Foundation (Grant PHY 82-10369)U.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research (Contract F49620-82-C-0091)U.S. Air Force - Rome Air Development Cente
Quantum Optics and Photonics
Contains reports on five research projects.Joint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAALO3-86-K-0002)National Science Foundation (Grant PHY 82-10369)U.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research (Contract F49620-82-C-0091)U.S. Air Force - Rome Air Development Cente
Quantum Optics and Photonics
Contains reports on nine research projects.U.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research (Contract F49620-82-C-0091)U.S. Air Force - Rome Air Development CenterJoint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAAG29-83-K-0003)National Science Foundation Grant (Grant PHY 82-710369
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