We use a unique and unexplored dataset to investigate the determinants and effects of mafia firms in Italy. Mafia may … to expand mafia firms. In particular, they use the latter more to build up their reputation in new established regions …. Mafia firms hamper entrepreneurial activity but they can have beneficial effects on unemployment if mafia firms add to not …

increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to … council dissolution for mafia influence as prescribed by Decree Law 164/1991 in discouraging violence against politicians in …

increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to … impact of city council dissolution for mafia influence in Italy as prescribed by Decree Law 164/1991 in discouraging violence …