first leverage a survey of almost 800,000 respondents on social capital and exposure to organized crime conducted in Italy …Organized crime affects security, development, and democracy worldwide, but not much is known about its social … consequences. We study how exposure to the presence of organized crime groups shapes the social capital of Italian citizens …

This paper tests the relationship between time preferences and crime rates as posited by Davis (1988), whose … theoretical analysis suggests that individuals’ attitude towards the future significantly affect their propensity to commit crime … from the literature on the determinants of crime …

This paper tests the relationship between time preferences and crime rates as posited by Davis (1988), whose … theoretical analysis suggests that individuals’ attitude towards the future significantly affects their propensity to commit crime … number of factors suggested by the scientific literature on the determinants of crime, adding to the model also time and …

small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of …

determinants of corruption in Italy in the period 1963-2001 using statistics on crimes against the public administration at a … affect corruption in Italy …

relatives (especially maternal grandmothers) who originate in the north of Italy, and who share common cultural characteristics …