Water, Water, Everywhere: Municipal Finance and Water Supply in American Cities
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- David M. Cutler & Grant Miller, 2006. "Water, Water Everywhere. Municipal Finance and Water Supply in American Cities," NBER Chapters, in: Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, pages 153-183, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- N4 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENV-2005-02-01 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-GEO-2005-02-01 (Economic Geography)
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