The Not So Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Over Twelve Years of PPP in Ireland

Local Government Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-395

  Reeves, Eoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

governance; Ireland; Public private partnerships; transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SERVICE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSACTION COST; WATER INDUSTRY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84879519873     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2013.781023     Document Type: Article

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