Jointly owned companies as instruments of local government: Comparative evidence from the swedish and italian water sectors

Policy Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-289

  Grossi, Giuseppe ^a   Thomasson, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Governance and control mechanisms; Joint public private ownership; Local government; Sweden and italy; Water sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957996904     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2011.561695     Document Type: Article

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