Costs and structure of technology in the Italian Water Industry

Empirica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-82

  Fabbri, Paola ^a   Fraquelli, Giovanni ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costs; Technology; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RETURNS TO SCALE; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER INDUSTRY;

ITALY;

EID: 0033919744     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007092212799     Document Type: Article

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