Public-private partnership contracts: A tale of two cities with different contractual arrangements

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1585-1603

  Cunha Marques, Rui ^a   Berg, Sanford ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INFRASTRUCTURE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84155172934     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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