Making water competition a reality

Economic Affairs

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 53-57

  Jones, Alan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; PRIVATIZATION; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER PLANNING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033933093     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0270.00223     Document Type: Article

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