Productivity growth in the Lisbon Police Force

Public Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-35

  Pestana Barros, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Malmquist index; Police forces; Productivity change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748149951     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-006-3500-4     Document Type: Article

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