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Long-term debt in water utilities: does ownership matter? Evidence from West Virginia’s utilities

Elham Erfaniana Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jing Chenb College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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Collin Hodgesc Department of Economics, Finance, Insurance & Risk Management, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, USA
Pages 56-60 | Published online: 27 Aug 2021

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