Public versus private water utilities: Empirical evidence for brazilian companies

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Faria, Ricardo Coelho ^a   DA Silva Souza, Geraldo ^b   Moreira, Tito Belchior ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

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