Law Enforcement Agencies as Multi-Product Firms: An Econometric Investigation of Production Costs

Public Finance, Vol. 34, No. 2, 1979

21 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2011

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Masako N. Darrough

Baruch College - CUNY

John M Heineke

Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

Date Written: 1979

Abstract

In this paper we study the relationship between costs, input prices and activity levels in a sample of medium sized, city police departments for the years 1968, 69, 71 and 73. Our focus is on determining the functional structure of law enforcement production technology.

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Darrough, Masako N. and Heineke, John M, Law Enforcement Agencies as Multi-Product Firms: An Econometric Investigation of Production Costs (1979). Public Finance, Vol. 34, No. 2, 1979, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1866350

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