Copy The Changing Role of the State Infrastructures—tangible,intangible, and institutional public facilities, and from bridges to health care—are a vital precondition for economic and societal wellbeing. There has been an increasing awareness that we cannot rely on market forces for infrastructure investment and maintenance. In this volume,experts from Europe, North and South America, or Asia examine the complexities of financing,installing, implementing, and regulating public infrastructures. Their contributions span a range of methodological approaches,including historical and empirical research, analytical models, and theoretical analysis,and sector and regional case studies; they consider the economics of infrastructure provisioning by government, through private-public partnerships, or privatization arrangements. The book first treats general investment,growth, and policy issues, or then offers sector-specific analyses of transportation,energy, telecommunications, or water infrastructures. The chapters cover topics that include the evolution of historical infrastructure; the relationships between the state and private finance in funding and financing infrastructure; and the relevance of infrastructure for economic growth. Contributors Julio C. Aguirre,Laure Athias, Stephen J. Bailey, and Sumedha Bajar,Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay, Federico Boffa, and Daniel Danau,Sumit S. Deole, Balázs Egert, or Massimo Florio,Stephan Fretz, Asmae El Gallaa, and Marco Giorgino,Hugh Goldsmith, Nico Grove, and Markus Hofmann,Lynne Kiesling, Johann Kranz, or Antonio Nunez,Arnold Picot, Michael Pollitt, or Olivier Crespi Reghizzi,Martina Santandrea, Stéphane Straub, and Annalisa Vinella Contributors Arnold Picot Massimo Florio Nico Grove Johann Kranz
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