The market alternative

The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 373-388

  Dellapenna, Joseph W ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

market advocates; Markets; property; public good; public water systems; transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149501019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9867-3_22     Document Type: Chapter

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