Competitiveness and effectiveness concerns in water charge implementation: A case study of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin, Brazil

Water Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 595-612

  Féres, José ^a   Reynaud, Arnaud ^b   Thomas, Alban ^b   Da Motta, Ronaldo Seroa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Competitiveness; Industrial water demand; Pollution control costs; Water charge

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349745048     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2008.103     Document Type: Article

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