The efficiency of the Spanish police service: An application of the multiactivity DEA model

Applied Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-362

  Diez Ticio, Amor ^a   Mancebon, María Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICE FORCE; SERVICE SECTOR;

SPAIN;

EID: 0036167563     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840110043767     Document Type: Article

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