Variance in the Institutions of Local Utility Services: Evidence from Several European Countries

Governance and Public Management

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 297-312

  Grossi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Reichard, Christoph ^c  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Limited Company; Local Government; Utility Sector; Utility Service; Waste Collection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145106597     PISSN: 2524728X     EISSN: 25247298     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-57499-2_20     Document Type: Chapter

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