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Hosing Homebuyers: Why Cities Should Not Pay for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure with Development Charges

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  • Benjamin Dachis, 2018. "Hosing Homebuyers: Why Cities Should Not Pay for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure with Development Charges," e-briefs 281, C.D. Howe Institute.
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    1. Benjamin Dachis & Vincent Thivierge, 2018. "Through the Roof: The High Cost of Barriers to Building New Housing in Canadian Municipalities," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 513, May.
    2. Benjamin Dachis, 2017. "New and Improved: How to Bring Institutional Investment into Public Infrastructure," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 473, March.
    3. Benjamin Dachis, 2010. "Picking up Savings: The Benefits of Competition in Municipal Waste Services," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 308, September.
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    7. Zachary Spicer & Adam Found, 2016. "Thinking Regionally: How to Improve Service Delivery in Canada’s Cities," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 458, October.
    8. Stephen Fyfe & Mark Garner & George Vegh, 2013. "Mergers by Choice, Not Edict: Reforming Ontario's Electricity Distribution Policy," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 376, March.
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    1. Farah Omran & William B.P. Robson, 2019. "From A to F: Grading the Fiscal Transparency of Canada’s Cities, 2019," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 560, December.

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    Public Investments and Infrastructure;

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    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis

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