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Abdel-Salam, A N (2018) Corporate social responsibility of construction and real estate development companies in developing countries: An assessment model, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
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Ahmed, A (2012) Pavement damage cost estimation using highway agency maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction strategies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
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Alqady, M (2012) Leveraging text content for management of construction project documents, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Anastasopoulos, P (2009) Infrastructure asset management: A case study on pavement rehabilitation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Arman, M H R (2014) Using option theory to manage risks in highway winter operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Attallah, S O (2014) A life cycle analysis approach for the enhancement of sustainability decision-making in the construction industry using agent-based modeling, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
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Beliveau, Y J (1984) A cost control model for on-site work activities for construction (estimating, cost-codes, forms), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
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Brissi, S G (2021) Principles for the adoption of offsite construction in design and construction companies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Cai, J (2020) Data-driven approach to holistic situational awareness in construction site safety management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Castro-Lacouture, D (2003) B2b e-work intranet solution design for rebar supply interactions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Chao, L-C (1994) An adaptive approach to evaluation of implementation prospects of new construction technologies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Chen, F-C (2021) Deep learning studies for vision-based condition assessment and attribute estimation of civil infrastructure systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Chen, Y (2013) Measurement models of building information modeling maturity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Chen, Y-T (2008) Automated on-site productivity evaluation using RFID and GPS, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Cheng, T-m (1996) Impact of front-end loading on construction project cash-flows: A mathematical approach for determination of unit prices in bidding, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Cory, C A (2019) Building information modeling (BIM) - to prepare current construction management students for tomorrow’s construction careers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Cui, Q (2005) A dynamic model for profitability analysis of construction firms: Towards complexity, learning, and uncertainty, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
de Cresce El Debs, L (2016) A mixed methods study on choice of media influence on construction industry communication, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Debella, F M (2020) Profitability improvement of construction firms through continuous improvement using rapid improvement principles and best practices, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Georgy, M E (2000) Utility-based neurofuzzy approach for engineering performance assessment in industrial construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Ghahari, S (2021) Detecting and measuring corruption and inefficiency in infrastructure projects using machine learning and data analytics, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Gkritza, K (2006) Economic development effects of highway investment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
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Han, S (2005) Application modeling of the conventional and the GPS-based earthmoving systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Hassan, M E M (2017) Modeling the macroeconomic impact of construction spending as a public policy tool - the case of employment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Hastak, M (1994) Decision support system for project cost control strategy and planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Hijazi, A M (1989) Simulation analysis of linear construction processes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Holt, E A (2015) Analysis of the learning styles of undergraduate students in construction management bachelor degree programs in the US, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Hong, T (2005) Life-cycle cost assessment model of composite materials in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Hsie, M (1994) Computer-aided acceptance planning: Generating quality acceptance parameters and stratified sampling plans through neural network learning ability and CAD modeling, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Huang, R-Y (1994) A graphical-based method for transient evaluation of construction operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Irizarry, J (2005) Safety issues in steel erection: Impact on task durations and risk perception of ironworkers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Issariyanukula, A (2011) A probabilistic methodology for estimating transportation project costs using Bayesian models, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Jen, H (2005) Web-based construction process simulation framework, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Jeong, J G (2006) A framework for supply chain modeling and optimization for the manufactured housing industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Jiang, Y (1990) The development of performance prediction and optimization models for bridge management systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Johnson, P (2002) A quantitative assessment of knowledge and perceptions of civil engineering, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Kang, K (2018) Enhancing critical capacity of infrastructure supply chain to improve resilience of associated communities and infrastructure to disaster, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Khallaf, R (2016) Interactional risks associated with parties to a PPP project, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Khurshid, M B (2010) A framework for establishing optimal performance thresholds for highway asset interventions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Kim, J (2004) Delay forecasting using a vulnerability index, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Lee, J H (2004) Object-based learning method in civil engineering, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Lee, S (2001) Simulation analysis of productivity variation affected by accident risk in underground construction operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
Li, S (2017) Modeling, optimizing, and impact analysis of incentive and regulation mechanisms in infrastructure privatization, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Purdue University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: competitiveness; liability; population; reliability; best practice; electrical engineering; quantity surveying; service quality; structural engineering; client; professional; structural engineer; Nigeria; sample size
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/1975366986
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Many governments have implemented privatization programs in infrastructure sectors to close the infrastructure investment gap. Incentive and regulation mechanisms are critical for fostering an investment-enabling and performance-ensuring environment for infrastructure privatization. However, the optimal configurations and impacts of incentives and regulation mechanisms are not clear, preventing the government from designing and implementing effective mechanisms to induce private investments and improve social welfare. This dissertation addresses the significant problem by closing five knowledge gaps in the modeling, optimizing, and impact analysis of incentive and regulation mechanisms in infrastructure privatization. The first knowledge gap is the unclear impacts of various government incentives on the private investment behaviors including the choices of investment timing, capacity, and price under demand uncertainty. The real option theory and optimization technique are employed to characterize the private sector’s decisions under demand uncertainty, when various government incentives are offered. The results suggest that revenue guarantee, concession period extension, lump-sum subsidy, and unit subsidy can induce early investment. Revenue guarantee and concession period extension have limited impacts on the choices of capacity and price. Lump-sum subsidy leads to a smaller capacity and a higher price, while unit subsidy leads to a larger capacity and a lower price. The second knowledge gap is the absence of a mechanism to shield the government from assuming excessive contingent liability when providing an incentive such as debt guarantee. This dissertation elaborates the use of project bonds and a credit default swap (CDS), in which the government charges the private sector for providing a debt guarantee. A financial model is calibrated using market data to predict the default probability, and a pricing mechanism is suggested to determine the CDS premium. The impacts of project parameters including capital structure, asset rate of return and volatility, bankruptcy loss rate, and tax rate on the default probability and CDS premium are assessed. It is concluded that the CDS can provide funds for the government to cover excessive contingent liability, and the insurance premium is also affordable for the private sector. The third knowledge gap is the lack of an optimization model and algorithm for incentive allocation when the evolution of project benefits is ambiguous and the incentive cost is uncertain. The ambiguity of project benefit evolution, the decision-maker’s attitude to the ambiguity, and the uncertainty in social benefit and incentive cost are incorporated into the real options analysis for project evaluation, upon which a knapsack problem is formulated with a probabilistic budget constraint. The optimization problem is then solved and the optimality gap is obtained in a case study, which demonstrates the efficacy of the proposed method. The fourth knowledge gap is the ambiguous impacts of partial privatization on the price and quality decisions by both the public and private sectors, as well as the social welfare and private profits. This dissertation elaborates a public-private duopoly game to close this knowledge gap by answering three questions. First, how will the privatization shape the price and quality decisions by both the public and private sectors? Second, to what extent should the infrastructure or service be privatized and how much should the royalty payment be? Third, how will the efficiency of private sector affect the privatization arrangement? The results suggest that with large capacity allocated to the private sector, the private sector set a high price and choose a high level of quality, while the public sector set a high price but choose a low level of quality. The optimal capacity released to the private sector is a function of its efficiency. The royalty payment increases sharply as the private sector gains more capacity. The analyses also reveal the coupled effect of capacity allocation and private efficiency on the price and quality decisions, as well as the social welfare and private profit. The fifth knowledge gap is that the optimal infrastructure investment and operation decisions have not been characterized under different regimes, resulting in the government’s dilemma of selecting the appropriate regime and making the optimal decisions for infrastructure provision. This dissertation characterizes the optimal choices of investment timing, price, quality, and subsidy/tax or franchise fee in both the regulation and deregulation regimes, and compares the two regimes in terms of social welfare under demand uncertainty and information asymmetry. The results suggest that with perfect information, as the shadow cost of public funds and demand volatility increase, the investment timing, price, and quality increase under regulation. With imperfect information, the regulated firm is recommended to delay its investment, provide a higher quality, and overcharge consumers. In terms of social welfare, the regulation regime under information symmetry dominates the regulation regime under information asymmetry and the deregulation regime. Whether deregulation dominates regulation under information asymmetry depends on the interplay of a variety of factors including the shadow cost of public funds, the demand volatility, the government’s imperfect information on the firm’s cost structure, and the franchise fee. This dissertation offers insights for the design and implementation of incentive and regulation mechanisms in infrastructure privatization. It not only explains the underlying working principles of incentive and regulation mechanisms with much enhanced consideration of endogenous public-private-interactions and exogenous market conditions, but also optimizes their design and implementation. The insights yielded from this dissertation is expected to help governments improve social welfare and save the taxpayers’ money.
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