, corruption of public officers, inefficiency of the labour judicial system). Provinces with better access to neighbouring … subjects, fewer corruption episodes and lower presence of organized crime should also be associated with higher flows of FDIs … projects, implying the investment of higher volumes of money. Similarly, higher levels of corruption are associated with larger …

Mezzogiorno to the North of Italy, suggests that the push and pull effects of corruption stir up the endurance of the well … places endowed with more amenities. In the crossroad between these factors, this paper investigates corruption as key element …. Results suggest the dual role of push and pull mechanisms at play, as high corruption incentivizes Italian skilled mobility to …

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