TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Is there a prison size dilemma? An empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale
JO  - European journal of operational research
A1  - Hennebel, Veerle
A1  - Simper, Richard
A1  - Verschelde, Marijn
SP  - 306
EP  - 321
VL  - 262
IS  - 1
N2  - We advocate a nonparametric multi-output framework to estimate output-specific economies of scale and we apply this model to male prisons in England and Wales over the sample period 2009-2012. To estimate output-specific returns to scale in prisons, we consider not only the cost-per-place, but also qualitative outputs such as purposeful out-of-cell activity and successful reintegration. Furthermore, we introduce environmental heterogeneity using the characteristics of the prison(ers). England and Wales offers a unique example to study economies of scale in prisons as the UK has started to build new super-size prisons in order to replace the most outdated prisons.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0377-2217
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.03.055
ID  - ref1
ER  -