Costs and efficiency of quasi-markets in practice

Local Government Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-97

  Kähkönen, Liisa ^a  

^a City Helsinki Urban Facts/Urban Res   (Finland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 15744391706     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300393042000332873     Document Type: Article

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