Intermunicipal cooperation and privatization of solid waste services among small municipalities in Spain
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local government; intermunicipal cooperation; privatization; contracting-out; solid waste collection.;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEO-2008-12-14 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-PBE-2008-12-14 (Public Economics)
- NEP-URE-2008-12-14 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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