Markets in the public sector: When do they work, and what do we do when they don't?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-108

  Greener, Ian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Health; Market; Public sector

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MARKET; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 39649095839     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557308783431607     Document Type: Article

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