Water supply: Public or private?. An approach based on cost of funds, transaction costs, efficiency and political costs

Policy and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-219

  Pérard, Edouard ^a  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

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EID: 59149107311     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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