How to divide the costs of urban solid wastes collection among citizens?

Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment

Volumn , Issue 3, 2012, Pages 51-64

  Fragnelli, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cooperative game theory; Cost allocation problem; Urban solid wastes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872977904     PISSN: 22807659     EISSN: 22807667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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