Efficient water pricing policies as an appropriate municipal revenue source

Public Works Management and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-130

  Merrifield, John ^a   Collinge, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 33646064809     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X9942004     Document Type: Article

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