Risk, PPPs and the public sector comparator

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 51-61

  Quiggin, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84986052468     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2004.tb00229.x     Document Type: Letter

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