Does dispersed public ownership impair efficiency? The case of refuse collection in Norway

Public Administration

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1045-1058

  Sørensen, Rune J ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36349019775     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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