Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse in the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia
Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse in the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia
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Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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English
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Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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With weak law-enforcement institutions, a positive shock to the value of natural resources may increase demand for private protection and opportunities for rent appropriation through extortion, favouring the emergence of mafia-type organisations. We test this hypothesis by investigating the emergence of the mafia in twentieth century Sicily, where...
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Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse in the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_03392970v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_03392970v1
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0013-0133
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1468-0297
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10.1111/ecoj.12236
