Infrastructure economics and policy : international perspectives / edited by José A. Gómez-Ibáñez and Zhi Liu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gómez-Ibáñez, José A., 1948- editor.

Liu, Zhi, editor.

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infrastructure (Economics).

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xi, 531 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2022.

Summary:

""Presents the concepts, theories, international experiences, and policy debates in the infrastructure sector and the role of this sector in economic performance, funding and financing, demand forecast and project appraisal, and the challenges faced by climate change and technological advances"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword by George W. McCarthy

What Makes Infrastructure Special? / José A. Gómez-Ibáñez and Zhi Liu

INFRASTRUCTURE, GROWTH, AND POVERTY. Infrastructure Stocks and Macroeconomic Performance Across Countries / Gregory K. Ingram and Zhi Liu

Infrastructure and the Poor / Sameh Wahba, Somik Lall, and Hyunji Lee

INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES. Infrastructure and Urban Form / Edward L. Glaeser

Infrastructure and the Competitiveness of Cities / Daniel J. Graham, Daniel Hörcher, and Roger Vickerman

INVESTMENT APPRAISAL, BIASES, AND POLITICS. The Development of Evaluation Methods for Infrastructure Projects / Don H. Pickrell

How (In)Accurate Is Cost-Benefit Analysis? Data, Explanations, and Suggestions for Reform / Bent Flyvbjerg and Dirk W. Bester

Infrastructure's Narrow Passage: Between Perverse Excess and Perverse Deficit / John D. Donahue

INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE. Infrastructure Finance / Akash Deep

Infrastructure Finance Through Land Value Capture / José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, Yu-Hung Hong, and Du Huynh

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION. Transport Infrastructure and the Integration of the European Union / José Manuel Vassallo

National Infrastructure Policies in Japan: Focusing on Railways / Fumitoshi Mizutani and Miwa Matsuo

High-Speed Rail and City Clusters in China / Zheng Chang

COPING WITH RADICAL UNCERTAINTIES. Infrastructure and Climate Change / Henry Lee

New Technologies in Infrastructure / Shashi Verma

Infrastructure and the Sharing Economy / Andrew Salzberg and O. P. Agarwal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Infrastructure economics and policy

ISBN:

9781558444188

1558444181

OCLC:

1267403733