Evaluating the effectiveness of the Spanish police force through data envelopment analysis
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Keywords
Effectiveness; DEA; Police services; H21; C14;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
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