Public vs. private garbage disposal: The economics of solid waste flow controls

Growth and Change

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-444

  Keeler, Andrew G ^a   Renkow, Mitch ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032758171     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.1999.tb00038.x     Document Type: Article

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