Household preferences for municipal water services in Nicaragua

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-126

  Vásquez, William F ^a   Franceschi, Dina ^a   Van Hecken, Gert T ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84857046205     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X11000234     Document Type: Article

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