, to stimulate convergence between Italy's South and the more developed North, on municipalities with different histories …, whose legacy is considered, from Putnam (1993) onwards, to be a prime-facie cause of Southern Italy's underdevelopment …

role of institutions in maintaining trust and fighting corruption, as well as in sustaining economic growth and political …-modern Europe responded to similar challenges brought about by the rising costs of international warfare in a period marked by the … of financial profit, fraud and corruption. Through a series of case studies, this volume explores how the various …

social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance. We … test this hypothesis on a dataset of Italian provinces, and address the possible endogeneity of corruption by applying an … IV model. We use three sets of historical instruments for corruption: 1) foreign dominations in 16th-17th century, 2 …

social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance. We … test this hypothesis on a dataset of Italian provinces, and address the possible endogeneity of corruption by applying an … IV model. We use three sets of historical instruments for corruption: 1) foreign dominations in 16th-17th century, 2 …