Internal regulation by mixed enterprises: The case of the italian water sector

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-275

  Marra, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Department of European Political and Administrative Studies   (Belgium)

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EID: 58849096485     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2007.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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