Table 4.3. Estimated savings attributable to scale
economies.

63

Table 4.4. G-inefficiency model, 26 largest counties.

67

Table 5.1. Variable definitions and sources for economies
of scale model.

77

Table 5.2. Police employment per thousand population.

79

Table 5.3. Police expenditures per capita.

81

Table 5.4. Fire protection employment per thousand
population in municipalities.

84

Table 5.5. Fire expenditures per capita.

85

Table 5.6. Fire and police employment per thousand
population, fire and police expenditures
per capita, southern states.

87

Table 5.7. Fire and police employment per thousand
population, fire and police expenditures
per capita, southwestern states.

88

Table 5.8. Variable definitions and sources
for efficiency model.

91

Table 5.9. G-inefficiency in fire and police departments.

92

Table 6.1. Municipal expenditures per capita on health
and hospitals, Midwest.

98