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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818174703321

Titolo

The economics of infrastructure provisioning : the changing role of the state / / edited by Arnold Picot, Massimo Florio, Nico Grove and Johann Kranz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015]

ISBN

0-262-33083-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (527 p.)

Collana

CESifo Seminar Series

Altri autori (Persone)

PicotArnold

Disciplina

363.6

Soggetti

Infrastructure (Economics) - Government policy

Public goods

Public works

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; I Introduction; 1 Public Infrastructure Provisioning; 2 Actors and Innovations in the Evolution of Infrastructure Services; II Investment, Growth, Policy Issues; 3 Population Density, Optimal Infrastructure, and Economic Growth; 4 Infrastructure Funding and Financing; 5 On the Financial Structure and the Contractual Length of Public-Private Partnerships; 6 Infrastructure Investment in Network Industries; 7 Infrastructure-Output Nexus; 8 Connecting People-An Evolutionary Perspective on Infraculture; III Sector: Transport

9 Policy Lessons from the Recent Literature on Transport Infrastructure Development10 Effects of Uncertainty and Opportunistic Renegotiations on Bidding Behavior; 11 Electoral Cycles and Renegotiation of Transport Infrastructure Concession Contracts; 12 Strengthening Transport Infrastructure Connectivity Policies for Inclusive and Sustainable Asia; IV Sectors: Energy, Telecommunication, Water; 13 ""New"" Models of Public Ownership in Energy; 14 Network Regulation through Ownership Structure; 15 Fixed Broadband and Economic Growth; 16 Providing and Financing a Municipal Infrastructure

ContributorsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

The complexities of financing, installing, implementing, and regulating public infrastructures, including empirical research, analytical models,



and theoretical insights.