Scale economies and police department consolidation: Evidence from Los Angeles

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-127

  Finney, Miles ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21444446952     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1997.tb00459.x     Document Type: Article

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