Productivity estimation and the size-efficiency relationship in English and Welsh police forces: An application of data envelopment analysis and multiple discriminant analysis

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-73

  Drake, Leigh ^a   Simper, Richard ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002491930     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8188(00)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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