Urakami, Takuya; Parker, David - In: Urban Studies 48 (2011) 13, pp. 2805-2825
In many parts of the world, water is supplied by very small, local undertakings. In recent years, there has been a move to consolidation of these utilities in a number of countries. This paper looks at the economic effects of consolidation of Japanese water utilities in the period 1999-2006...