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Consolidation of Prosecutor Offices

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  • Claudio Detotto

    (Laboratoire Lieux, Identités, eSpaces et Activités (LISA))

  • Bryan C. McCannon

    (West Virginia University)

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We investigate the impact of the consolidation of local agencies publicly-providing services, focusing on the prosecution of crime. In many states in the U.S. prosecution is a county o ce with a chief prosecutor directing decisions. Other states merge counties into prosecutorial districts. We show that, along with the cost savings that arises, the evidence suggests that prosecutorial services benefit from increasing returns to scale. The efficiency of prosecutorial output improves in consolidated districts. Further, we show that it is not due to differing outcomes of the criminal justice system, but in fewer inputs used.

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  • Claudio Detotto & Bryan C. McCannon, 2017. "Consolidation of Prosecutor Offices," Working Papers 008, Laboratoire Lieux, Identités, eSpaces et Activités (LISA).
    • Handle: RePEc:lia:wpaper:008
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    1. Bryan C. McCannon & Joylynn Pruitt, 2018. "Taking on the boss: Informative contests in prosecutor elections," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 20(5), pages 657-671, October.

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