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  International Journal of Economic TheoryVolume 1 Issue 1, Pages 73 - 81 Published Online: 17 Feb 2005 © 2009 The International Association for Economic Theory
Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 99K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  A note on closing the windows: Some lessons from queuing theory Thanks are due to Professors Pranab Bardhan, Uri Possen, Sugata Marjit, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Santanu Roy and Makoto Yano for helpful comments and suggestions at an early stage. Copyright 2005 The International Society for Economic Theory. KEYWORDS Bureaucracy • Efficiency • Queuing • Stochastic processes KEYWORDS 022 • 026 ABSTRACTConsider two departments of a government each serving customers of a particular type. We explore conditions under which a reorganization leading to both departments serving both types of customers leads to an enhancement of "efficiency" defined in terms of the expected queue size in a stochstic equilibrium. Accepted 17 September 2004 | 
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