The practice of contracting in public private partnerships: Transaction costs and relational contracting in the Irish schools sector

Public Administration

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 969-986

  Reeves, Eoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 55049127767     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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