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In this paper I analyze partnership formation within the property crime market in the United States. I develop a static …
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protection, and Gambetta’s recent contributions to the relationship between organized crime and drug cartels. …
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The paper analyzes how organized crime affects the economy through its impact on the effective demand, following the Neo …-Kaleckian approach. From this perspective, the presence of organized crime, on the one hand, tends to reduce the effective demand draining … latter, these conditions tend to be more stringent, due to the direct impact of organized crime on investment decisions …
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This research attempts to explain the large differences in the early diffusion of the mafia across different areas of Sicily. We advance the hypothesis that, after the demise of Sicilian feudalism, the lack of publicly provided property-right protection from widespread banditry favored the...
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This paper estimates the effects of organized crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian Provinces in the period 2004-06. We … measure the presence of "organized crime" at provincial level through several indicators, based on data for different kinds of … crimes: extortions; "criminal association, included mafia" (art. 416 and 416 bis Italian Penal code); attempts; crime of …
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protection of Nozick, Gambetta recent contributions on the relationshi p between organized crime and drug cartels. …
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This paper offers a review of the effects of organized crime on regional economic development, with particular … reference to the case of Italy. After reviewing the empirical studies that analyse the relationship between crime and economic …
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The Tenth Annual Report published by "Sos Impresa", an Antiracket Association, notices that the organized crime is ah … GDP". This work presents a reading of the organized crime under two perspectives: on one hand, the Becker's theory … suggests an important role of the public security expending in the battle between the State and organized crime; on the other …
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Organized crime´s actions are a complex problem that requires an equally complex governmental policy. This policy … questioning how to integrate the federal and subnational governments in to a complex strategy in order to face organized crime? To …
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A report by Riinvest titled “Banking Sector: Facilitator or Barrier?”, funded by the Kosovo Foundation for an Open Society – KFOS (an affiliation of Open Society Institute – OSI), was prepared by Fadil Aliu (project manager), Alban Hashani (senior researcher), Lumir Abdixhiku (senior...
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