AN ANALYSIS OF RETURNS TO SCALE IN PUBLIC PRODUCTION, WITH AN APPLICATION TO FIRE PROTECTION
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
DUNCOMBE, W; YINGER, J
署名单位：
Syracuse University
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
ISSN/ISSBN：
0047-2727
DOI：
10.1016/0047-2727(93)90104-2
发表日期：
1993
页码：
49-72
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摘要：
This paper analyzes returns to scale in public production. Existing studies fail to differentiate among three dimensions of scale: service quality, the level of governmental activity, and the number of people served. A fourth dimension, economies of scope, is need for agencies that provide multiple services. This paper provides a formal definition of returns to scale for each dimension. This framework is applied to fire protection, using a translog cost function with two services, fire prevention and fire suppression. The results indicate economies of scope, increasing returns to quality scale, and constant returns to population scale.
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