Economies of Scale in Municipal Police Departments: The Case of Florida
β Scribed by Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
- Book ID
- 125763806
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0034-6535
- DOI
- 10.2307/1927244
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