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The Causes of Corruption: Evidence from China
Dong, Bin; Torgler, Benno - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher openness, more access to media and relatively higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465545
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Criminal Networks: Who is the Key Player?
Liu, Xiaodong; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves; Lee, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
showing who the key player is, i.e. the criminal who once removed generates the highest possible reduction in aggregate crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552190
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Conscription and Crime: Evidence from the Argentine Draft Lottery
Galiani, Sebastian; Rossi, Martín A.; Schargrodsky, Ernesto - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
We estimate the causal effect of mandatory participation in the military service on the involvement in criminal activities. We exploit the random assignment of young men to military service in Argentina through a draft lottery to identify this causal effect. Using a unique set of administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467315
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”Thou shalt not covet ...”: Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values
Cervellati, Matteo; Vanin, Paolo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
, thereby serving as partial commitment devices. We apply the model to crime and study the conditions under which agents would … optimally adhere to moral values of honesty. Incentives to be moral are non- monotonic in the crime premium. Larger external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467325
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Migration Restrictions and Criminal Behavior: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni; Pinotti, Paolo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
We estimate the causal effect of immigrants' legal status on criminal behavior exploiting exogenous variation in migration restrictions across nationalities driven by the last round of the European Union enlargement. Unique individual-level data on a collective clemency bill enacted in Italy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189887
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Geographical Distribution of Crime in Italian Provinces: A Spatial Econometric Analysis
Uberti, Teodora Erika; Cracolici, Maria Francesca - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
Italian crime phenomenon some stylized facts exist: high spatial and time variability and presence of “organised crime” (e … cross-sectional model including deterrence, economic and socio-demographic variables has been performed to investigate the … determinants of Italian crime for 1999 and 2003 and its “neighbouring” effects, measured in terms of geographical and relational …
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