infrastructure investment and maintenance. In this volume, experts from Europe, North and South America, and Asia examine the … regional case studies; they consider the economics of infrastructure provisioning by government, through private … that include the evolution of historical infrastructure; the relationships between the state and private finance in funding …

Although funding infrastructure has always been a challenging issue in any country and at any time, the topic is still … largely unexplored. A European history of infrastructure financing over the long term does not yet exist, and the purpose of … infrastructure finance in various European countries, drawing upon the findings of an international and interdisciplinary research …