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Evaluating Gains from Mergers in a Non-Parametric Public Good Model of Police Services

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Richard Simper () (Dept of Economics, Loughborough University)
Tom Weyman-Jones () (Dept of Economics, Loughborough University)

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The merger of police services in the UK has been suggested on the grounds that efficiency improvements will be possible. This paper applies a public good model of the police service to evaluate the potential efficiency gains from mergers of police services in England and Wales. We construct a dataset that reflects the public good nature of police service and allows for the exogenous imposition by Government of the level of police service budgets. Our main finding is that English and Welsh police force mergers could lead to increases in police staff resource efficiencies between 10% and 70%.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, Loughborough University in its series Discussion Paper Series with number 2006_9.

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Date of creation: Mar 2006
Date of revision: Mar 2006
Handle: RePEc:lbo:lbowps:2006_9

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Keywords: data envelopment analysis police service efficiency public goods

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C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods
H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
L30 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - General

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