Water pricing and full cost recovery of water services: Economic incentive or instrument of public finance?

Water Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-613

  Massarutto, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic instruments; Full cost recovery; Pricing of public utilities; Water supply and sewerage

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349123513     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2007.024     Document Type: Article

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