I examine the relationship between organized crime, violence and the quality of the political class in Italy. I show … regions. Greater violence before the elections is in turn associated with a lower quality of the political class, as reflected …

We investigate how criminal organizations strategically use violence to influence elections in order to get captured … politicians elected. The model offers novel testable implications about the use of pre-electoral violence under different types of … rates in Italy since 1887, comparing the extent of 'electoral-violence cycles' between areas with a higher and lower …

We investigate how criminal organizations strategically use violence to influence elections in order to get captured … politicians elected. The model offers novel testable implications about the use of pre-electoral violence under different types of … rates in Italy since 1887, comparing the extent of ‘electoral-violence cycles' between areas with a higher and lower …

Pressure groups may use bribes, violence, or a combination of both to bend politics to their will, and the choice … dynamics of bribes and violence around elections in democracies and autocracies using a novel measure of corruption based on … pressure groups use political violence to sway democratic elections in favor of their preferred candidates, while resorting to …

We estimate impacts of male job loss, female job loss, and male unemployment benefits on domestic violence in Brazil …. We merge employer-employee and social welfare registers with administrative data on domestic violence cases brought to … criminal courts, use of public shelters by victims and mandatory notifications of domestic violence by health providers …

We estimate impacts of male job loss, female job loss, and male unemployment benefits on domestic violence in Brazil …. We merge employer-employee and social welfare registers with administrative data on domestic violence cases brought to … criminal courts, use of public shelters by victims and mandatory notifications of domestic violence by health providers …