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Organized Crime, Violence and the Quality of Politicians : Evidence from Southern Italy

Pinotti, Paolo - 2012

that mafia-affected regions exhibit abnormal spikes in the homicide rate during the electoral periods, relative to other …

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The Economic Costs of Organized Crime : Evidence from Southern Italy

Pinotti, Paolo - 2012

I examine the post-war economic development of two regions in southern Italy exposed to mafia activity after the 1970s … crime. The synthetic control is a weighted average of other regions less affected by mafia activity that mimics the economic … and counterfactual development shows that the presence of mafia lowers the growth path, at the same time as murders …

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Immigration and Organized Crime : An Analysis of the Italian Situation

Talamo, Giuseppina - 2014

The study of the relationship between immigration and crime is a subject of great interest particularly in countries affected by large migration flows. The aim of this paper is to analyze and define general guidelines for the relationship between immigration and organized crime. With the support...

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Revealing "Mafia Inc."? : financial crisis, organized crime, and the birth of new enterprises

Le Moglie, Marco; Sorrenti, Giuseppe - In: The review of economics and statistics 104 (2022) 1, pp. 142-156

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The Effects of Organized Crime on Distressed Firms

De Martiis, Angela - 2020

This study captures the presence of organized crime groups in the Italian territories and examines their relationship to firms that are in a condition of financial distress. At the end of the nineteenth century the first criminal groups emerged in the South of Italy as a response to the demand...

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Public Spending and Organised Crime in Italy - A Panel-Data Analysis Over the Period 1997-2003 (Spesa Pubblica E Criminalità Organizzata in Italia Evidenza Empirica Su Dati Panel N...

Caruso, Raul - 2008

This work presents original results regarding the relationship between economic life and organised crime in Italy. This empirical study is underpinned by some theoretical insights drawn from conflict and rent-seeking theories. Then the paper presents a panel analysis including the twenty Italian...

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Revealing 'Mafia Inc.'? Financial Crisis, Organized Crime, and the Birth of New Enterprises

le Moglie, Marco - 2019

We study the investment of organized crime in the legal economy. By using the shock induced on the Italian credit market by the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis, we document how provinces with a high organized crime presence have been impacted less by the crisis in terms of the establishment of new...

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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 Firms’ Financial Statements : Evidence from Criminal Investigations in Italy

Bianchi, Pietro A. - 2020

We investigate how connections to organized crime manifest on firms' financial statements and analyze the impact of these connections on firm performance outcomes. Using a unique dataset that identifies Italian firms connected to organized crime, we find that connected firms have lower...

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Cooperation, Punishment and Organized Crime : A Lab-in-The-Field Experiment in Southern Italy

Nese, Annamaria - 2016

This paper reports the results of an experimental investigation which allows a deeper insight into the nature of social preferences amongst organized criminals and how these differ from "ordinary" criminals on the one hand and from the non‐criminal population in the same geographical area on...

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