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Metadata
- Authors
- Bruzelius, N., Flyvbjerg, B., & Rothengatter, W.
- Affiliations
- Lund University (SE)
- Aalborg University (DK)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Rothengatter, Werner
- Venue
- Transport Policy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-04
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 143-154
- ISSN
- 0967-070X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1997655726
- Cited by
- 220
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 17.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Transport Policy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Public-Private Partnership Projects
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Railways and European Transport Policy
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Transport and Economic Policies
- Keywords
- megaprojects, accountability, infrastructure investment, project risk, decision-making, transparency, performance specifications, regulatory regimes, risk capital, magnetic levitation, project failure, Denmark, Germany
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