The Economics of Infrastructure Provisioning: The Changing Role of the State

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Contents......Page 6 Series Foreword......Page 9 I Introduction......Page 10 1 Public Infrastructure Provisioning......Page 11 2 Actors and Innovations in the Evolution of Infrastructure Services......Page 31 II Investment, Growth, Policy Issues......Page 100 3 Population Density, Optimal Infrastructure, and Economic Growth......Page 101 4 Infrastructure Funding and Financing......Page 127 5 On the Financial Structure and the Contractual Length of Public–Private Partnerships......Page 151 6 Infrastructure Investment in Network Industries......Page 180 7 Infrastructure–Output Nexus......Page 200 8 Connecting People—An Evolutionary Perspective on Infraculture......Page 242 III Sector: Transport......Page 269 9 Policy Lessons from the Recent Literature on Transport Infrastructure Development......Page 270 10 Effects of Uncertainty and Opportunistic Renegotiations on Bidding Behavior......Page 288 11 Electoral Cycles and Renegotiation of Transport Infrastructure Concession Contracts......Page 318 12 Strengthening Transport Infrastructure Connectivity Policies for Inclusive and Sustainable Asia......Page 341 IV Sectors: Energy, Telecommunication, Water......Page 386 13 "New" Models of Public Ownership in Energy......Page 387 14 Network Regulation through Ownership Structure......Page 406 15 Fixed Broadband and Economic Growth......Page 425 16 Providing and Financing a Municipal Infrastructure......Page 447 Contributors......Page 501 Index......Page 503