Private markets, contracts, and government provision: What explains the organization of local waste and recycling markets?

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 590-613

  Walls, Margaret ^a   Macauley, Molly ^a   Anderson, Soren ^a,b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Local public goods; Market organization; Recycling; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18744373867     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087404273342     Document Type: Article

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