The economics of household waste management: a review

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-302

  Choe, Chongwoo ^a   Fraser, Iain ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13144262872     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00052     Document Type: Article

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