Cost recovery, efficiency, and economic organization for water utilities

Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 195-240

  Loehman, Edna T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost recovery; Investment; Nonlinear pricing; Privatization; Public utility; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444279146     PISSN: 15380645     EISSN: 15380645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0645.1232     Document Type: Review

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