Public “Goods” from the Standpoint of Welfare Economics
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Welfare Economics and Public Finance
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عنوان ژورنال: TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1884-7080,1342-3363
DOI: 10.5363/tits.11.7_30