Economías de escala, densidad y alcance en la provisión pública de infraestructura básica municipal

Hacienda Publica Espanola

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 59-74

  Prieto, Ángel M ^a   Zofio, José L ^b   Álvarez, Inmaculada ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Density and scope; Economies of scale; Municipalities; Public infrastructure; Translog cost function

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749107174     PISSN: 02101173     EISSN: 11339470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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