Buonanno, Paolo; Montolio, Daniel; Vanin, Paolo - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno", … - 2006
We investigate the effects of civic norms and associational networks on crime rates. Through their impact on trust and economic development, civic norms may raise the expected returns to crime, but they may also increase its opportunity cost and the feelings of guilt and shame attached to it....