Urban Infrastructures -- Globalization and the City -- The New Complexity -- A reference Model -- Elements of Deglobalization -- The Financialization of Urban Infrastructure -- Infrastructure Changes -- Financialization in the Global City -- Types of Urban Infrastructure -- The Smart City:...

This paper presents the results of one of the first systematic analyses of the magnitude and determinants of transaction costs in public-private partnerships (PPPs). Given limited data availability, the analysis is confined to procurement-phase costs of bidding and contract negotiation, thus...