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 …

increases current social capital and trust and reduces corruption in several public services. Past formal institutions can leave …

development of many aspects of corruption, organized crime, markets, and the state. The lack of attention to informal systems can …

The paper studies the link between corruption and social capital (measured as trust), using data from a lab experiment … behind any such behavioral spillover. Results suggest that a) there is a negative spillover effect of corruption on trust and …

a reform of public procurement regulation in Italy, approved in 2011, that increased the discretion of bureaucrats in … to greater efficiency but also to greater corruption risks suggesting that increased discretion must be balanced by …