The Impact of Compulsory Competitive Tendering on Refuse Collection Services

STEFAN SYMANSKI,

STEFAN SYMANSKI

Imperial College Management School, London.

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STEFAN SYMANSKI,

STEFAN SYMANSKI

Imperial College Management School, London.

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First published: August 1996

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5890.1996.tb00491.x

Citations: 75

The post-CCT survey data were collected by Hakeem Bello with the support of Jane Atkins and Cliff Davis-Coleman, whose support and advice have been invaluable. The author is grateful to the Department of the Environment for supplying the cost data. He is also grateful to Paul Gregg, Ron Smith, Dick Sorabji and three anonymous referees for helpful comments. Errors are, of course, his own.

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