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Effects of institutional arrangements in local water supply services in Korea

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  • Moon-gi Jeong
  • Seong-gin Moon

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  • Suho Bae & Moon-gi Jeong & Seong-gin Moon, 2015. "Effects of institutional arrangements in local water supply services in Korea," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(4), pages 849-868, November.
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