Public Choice

, Volume 34, Issue 1, pp 55–63 | Cite as

Public versus private provision of collective goods and services: garbage collection revisited

  • James T. Bennett
  • Manuel H. Johnson
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Public Finance Garbage Collection Collective Good Private Provision 
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  • James T. Bennett
  • Manuel H. Johnson

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