Costs, outputs and outcomes in school PFI contracts and the significance of project size

Public Money and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Demirag, Istemi ^a   Khadaroo, Iqbal ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 72549097258     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492281     Document Type: Article

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