Public security in Brazil: Efficiency and technological gaps

Francisco Lima () and Emerson Marinho
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Emerson Marinho: CAEN/UFC, Brazil

Economia, 2017, vol. 17, issue 1, 129_145

Abstract: This article analyzes the technical efficiency, the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and the technological gap in public security services in Brazilian States. The order-m frontier is used for results estimation. The TFP variation is built by decomposing the Malmquist productivity index into technical efficiency, scale efficiency and technological variation. More than 50% of the federative units were considered technically inefficient. Out of the 27 federative units, 12 presented a positive total productivity while all others suffered total productivity losses. Productivity gains in public security are more related to scale aspects than to efficiency improvements and technological progress

Keywords: Public security; Criminality; Productivity; Efficiency and technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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