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Organized Crime as the Link between Inequality and Corruption

Schwuchow, Soeren C. - 2019

Empirical evidence on the causes and effects of inequality suggests the existence of a vicious circle of mutually reinforcing inequality and corruption. Despite the broad empirical evidence, there are only a few formal theoretical models on these dynamics. Relying on a game-theoretic approach,...

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Exposition to corruption and political participation : evidence from Italian municipalities

Giommoni, Tommaso - 2017

The aim of this paper is to study the effect of local corruption on political participation which is mediated by the press. Focusing on Italy, we generate a daily measure of exposition to local corruption screening articles of main Italian press agency. Applying an event-study methodology on...

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Strike One to Educate One Hundred : Organized Crime, Political Selection and Politicians’ Ability

Daniele, Gianmarco - 2015

-)selection. Identification derives from murders of local politicians by the mafia, and indicates that such a negative shock to politicians …

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Organized Crime and Electoral Outcomes in Sicily

Buonanno, Paolo - 2014

This paper investigates the relationship between mafia and politics by focusing on the market for votes. It exploits … the fact that in the early 1990s the Italian party system collapsed, new parties emerged and mafia families had to look … between 1994 and 2008 Silvio Berlusconi's party, Forza Italia, obtained higher vote shares in municipalities plagued by mafia …

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The Mexican drug war : elections and homicides

García-Ramos, Aixa - 2022

Mexico has experienced a dramatic increase in violence during the last decade. This increase has been associated with turf wars among Drug Trafficking Organisations (DTOs) for the control of strategic territories. This paper examines whether these territorial disputes are higher during the lame...

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Mafia in the Ballot Box

De Feo, Giuseppe; De Luca, Giacomo - 2014

We study the impact of organized crime on electoral competition. In a theoretical model where parties compete for mafia … support, we show that (i) the strongest party is willing to pay the highest price to secure mafia services; (ii) the volume of … electoral trade with the mafia increases with political competition and with the efficiency of the mafia organization. Guided by …

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Why are Mexican politicians being assassinated? : the role of oil theft and narcocracy and the electoral consequences of organized crime

Gutiérrez-Romero, Roxana; Iturbe, Nayely - 2023

When does organized crime resort to assassinating politicians? In narcocracies, criminal groups co-opt political elites through bribery in exchange for protection to traffic illegal drugs. When criminal groups compete, they may also resort to political violence to influence which candidate wins...