SCALE ECONOMIES AND POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSOLIDATION - EVIDENCE FROM LOS-ANGELES

Authors
FINNEY M
Citation
M. Finney, SCALE ECONOMIES AND POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSOLIDATION - EVIDENCE FROM LOS-ANGELES, Contemporary economic policy, 15(1), 1997, pp. 121-127
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Public Administration",Economics
Journal title
Contemporary economic policy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10743529
Volume
15
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
121 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
1074-3529(1997)15:1<121:SEAPDC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This paper tests for scale economies for police departments operating in Los Angeles County. Intergovernmental sharing in providing police s ervices prevails within the county suggesting that scale economies exi st in producing this public good. Empirical analysis here rejects the hypothesis that police output is produced under increasing returns, wh ich would be an efficiency explanation for the large degree of consoli dation found within the county.