Leaders And Followers In The Effectiveness Of Public Safety Services In European States – A Spatial Frontier Approach

Żółtaszek Agata
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Żółtaszek Agata: Ph.D., University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Spatial Econometrics

Comparative Economic Research, 2014, vol. 17, issue 4, 253-272

Abstract: Public safety is an important factor in both public and private life. Simultaneously it is one of the most regionally diverse sectors, due to historical, cultural, social, legal, and financial differences.Therefore, it is very difficult to compare public safety policies and facilities directly. However, assessment and comparison are crucial factors for defining the best practices and implementing the “learning-from-the-best” policy, which is important in the process of regional development and globalization. Fortunately some quantitative methods, such as DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) enable this kind of research. DEA allows for analyzing relative effectiveness based on inputs and outputs, without incorporating procedural specifics of public safety. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to perform a regional analysis of the technical effectiveness of public safety systems in European states in 2003 and 2012 by utilizing an optimization method of DEA. Based on the results of this research countries are divided into two groups - effective and ineffective. Countries with effective systems are considered leaders. They present best practices which should be treated as benchmarks for the countries with ineffective systems, i.e. followers.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/cer-2014-0044

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