Acconcia, Antonio; Immordino, Giovanni; Piccolo, Salvatore - Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) - 2009
Since 1991 the Italian Legislator grants amnesties, protection and even economic bene.ts to former mobsters cooperating with the justice. These incentives were intro- duced to break down omertà. What is the economic logic behind this policy? Did the program succeed? To address these issues we...