Satisfaction with water services delivery in South Africa: the effects of social comparison
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Keywords
Comparison; Satisfaction; Subjective measures; Water;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
- D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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