phenomenon of persisting corruption in Italy and in other countries. Econometric estimates, using statistics on crimes against … the public administration at a provincial level, show that corruption campaign 'Clean Hands' started in Italy in 1990 has …Several studies shows that corruption is a persistent phenomenon and that many anticorruption campaigns failed in the …

Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Swe­den, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit within-country variation in social … capita from mid-March until mid-May. Using Italy as a case study, we find that high-social-capital areas exhibit lower excess …

, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …-March until mid-May. Using Italy as a case study, we find that high-social-capital areas exhibit lower excess mortality and a …

, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …-March until mid-May. Using Italy as a case study, we find that high-social-capital areas exhibit lower excess mortality and a …

, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit within-country variation in social capital and … mid-March until mid-May. Using Italy as a case study, we find that high-social-capital areas exhibit lower excess …

We investigate the relationship between corruption and economic performance, focusing on the historical roots of the … social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance. We … empirically test this hypothesis on a dataset of Italian provinces, and address the possible endogeneity of corruption by applying …