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This paper reports the results of an experimental investigation which allows a deeper insight into the nature of social preferences amongst organized criminals and how these differ from "ordinary" criminals on the one hand and from the non‐criminal population in the same geographical area on...
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We analyze the economic consequences on firm profitability, performance, and investments of having another firm in the same market affiliated with a criminal organization. We do so by evaluating the spillover effects of a law providing the judicial administration of organized crime firms through...
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The financial means of international terror and organized crime organizations are analysed. First, some short remarks about the organization of international terror organizations are made. Second and in a much more detailed way a literature review is provided about the financing of terrorist and...
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concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to …
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We exploit the Collective Clemency Bill passed by the Italian Parliament in July 2006 to evaluate the indirect effects of a policy that randomly commutes actual sentences to expected sentences for 40 percent of the Italian prison population. We estimate the direct and indirect impact of the...
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We show that task juggling, i.e., the spreading of effort across too many active projects, decreases the performance of workers, raising the chances of low throughput, long duration of projects and exploding backlogs. Individual speed of job completion cannot be explained only in terms of...
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We analyze empirically the effects of urban agglomeration on Italian college graduatesメ work possibilities as entrepreneurs three years after graduation. We find that each 100,000 inhabitant-increase in the size of the individualメs province of work reduces the chances of being an...
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scala mobile, started a process of redefinition of wage fixing in Italy, which culminated with the final abolition of scala …
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specialization patterns on regional unemployment in Italy over the years 2004-2008, when huge worker reallocation caused by changes … in the international division of labour occurred. Italy represents an interesting case study because of the high degree …
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Differently from most European countries and despite the recommendations on the part of the European Commission, Italy … feasibility, the desirability and the features of a universal policy of minimum income in Italy. We use a microeconometric model …. All the reforms are calibrated so as to preserve fiscal neutrality. The simulation adopts a methodology that allows for …
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