An Examination of the Efficiency of Polish Public Sector Entities Based on Public Prosecutor Offices

• Autorzy: Małgorzata Guzowska , Tomasz Strąk
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article presents results of research on the efficiency of public prosecution organizational units by means of the DEA method. The study covered 45 public prosecution regions, whose technical and cost efficiency were analyzed. It also examined the impact of the returns-to-scale effect on their overall efficiency. Additionally, the authors present potential savings that could be achieved if units considered to be inefficient improved their efficiency. The results obtained show that the DEA method is very useful in analyzing the efficiency of public sector entities when a given service is rendered by more than ten such entities. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Public sector; Research efficiency; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

PL

Sektor publiczny; Badanie efektywności; Metoda DEA (analiza obwiedni danych)

• Czasopismo: Operations Research and Decisions
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: 20
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 41--57

Twórcy

autor

Małgorzata Guzowska

• University of Szczecin, Poland

autor

Tomasz Strąk

• University of Szczecin, Poland

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