Assessing the economic worth of public-private partnerships

International Handbook on Public-Private Partnerships

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 159-186

  Boardman, Anthony E ^a   Vining, Aidan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84860308843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849804691.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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