Contracting Out Public Service Provision to Not-for-Profit Firms
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Not-for-profit Provision of Public Services
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1018206